In this episode we tell the story of Ota Benga, an African man who was featured in a zoo exhibit in New York in 1906.
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Ota Benga
Newspaper Coverage
Ota Benga is second from left
Samuel Phillips Vernor
Reverend James Gordon
SOURCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga#cite_note-33
https://wset.com/news/local/man-caged-in-nyc-zoo-to-receive-historical-marker-in-lynchburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/03/the-man-who-was-caged-in-a-zoo
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/benga-ota-1883-1916/
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/nyregion/thecity/06zoo.html
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Benga_Ota_ca_1883-1916#start_entry
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30399/1906-bronx-zoo-put-black-man-display-monkey-house
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6225825