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Penn Museum has identified 20 skulls of Black Philadelphians from its collection of 1,300 remains

The institution has announced plans to bury the human remains.

Jake Nussbaum (left) a Penn grad student with Police Free Penn and VanJessica Gladney (right) a Penn grad student with the Penn & Slavery Project attend a rally April 8,  2021 demanding that the Penn Museum repatriate skulls held by the Morton skull collection. Penn Museum has since announced plans to repatriate the human remains.
Jake Nussbaum (left) a Penn grad student with Police Free Penn and VanJessica Gladney (right) a Penn grad student with the Penn & Slavery Project attend a rally April 8, 2021 demanding that the Penn Museum repatriate skulls held by the Morton skull collection. Penn Museum has since announced plans to repatriate the human remains.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer