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Penn Museum was trying to right a racist wrong by laying to rest craniums unethically collected. Critics say they still failed to honor them properly.
Bones had been used to provide disproven scientific justification for white supremacy before being housed in the Penn Museum
Bones had been used to provide disproven scientific justification for white supremacy before being housed in the Penn Museum
The Penn Museum says it has buried 19 Black Philadelphians previously part of the Morton Cranial Collection ahead of a planned ceremony on Saturday. Anthropologists and organizers have expressed outrage at the museum's research on the individuals, and exclusion of descendant groups.
This historic collection of 19th century skulls — acquired by unethical means for racist research — is beginning to be laid to rest, over protests.