This edition: "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Ota Benga" Pamela Newkirk
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Original tape date: September 14, 2015. First aired: September 21, 2015.In the early 1900's, Ota Benga, a Congolese man, was captured and featured as an exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair, to be caged and put on display 2 years later, at the Bronx Zoo. In "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga," author Pamela Newkirk traces those responsible for the misery suffered by Ota Benga.
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Pamela Newkirk Author, "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga”
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