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Blessing ceremony for Black Philadelphians' stolen remains

Penn Museum buries 19 skulls in a ceremony at the Historic Eden Cemetery in Collingdale on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.

An attendee touches the site where the bones of 19 Black Philadelphians, whose remains were stolen in the 1830s by a racist scientist and studied for centuries, were reburied by Penn at the Historic Eden Cemetery in Collingdale.
An attendee touches the site where the bones of 19 Black Philadelphians, whose remains were stolen in the 1830s by a racist scientist and studied for centuries, were reburied by Penn at the Historic Eden Cemetery in Collingdale.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer
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