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Penn Museum burial ceremony for Black Philadelphians won’t lay controversy to rest

Penn officials apologized for the university's role in the controversial research.

Rev. Charles Lattimore Howard walks away from the podium after speaking at a blessing ceremony for the 19 Black Philadelphians whose remains were stolen in the 1830s by a racist scientist and studied for centuries, whose bones have now been reburied by Penn at the Historic Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
Rev. Charles Lattimore Howard walks away from the podium after speaking at a blessing ceremony for the 19 Black Philadelphians whose remains were stolen in the 1830s by a racist scientist and studied for centuries, whose bones have now been reburied by Penn at the Historic Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
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