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Skulls
Penn Museum buries remains of 19 Black people whose bones were used in research, sparks argument
The University of Pennsylvania conducted a historic memorial service on Saturday to bury the remains of 19 black individuals whose skulls were used in a racist scientific research project in the early 19th century. The unethical research, led by physician Samuel G. Morton in the 1830s, aimed to support white supremacist ideas by falsely asserting…
