NYSL: Pamela Newkirk, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
The New York Society Library presents Pamela Newkirk on "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga" https://www.nysoclib.org/events/pamela-newkirk-spectacle-astonishing-life-ota-benga An award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African man was used as a human zoo exhibit—a shocking story of racial prejudice, science, and tragedy in the early years of the twentieth century in the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks or Devil in the White City.
The New York Society Library presents Pamela Newkirk on "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga" https://www.nysoclib.org/events/pamela-newkirk-spectacle-astonishing-life-ota-benga An award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African man was used as a human zoo exhibit—a shocking story of racial prejudice, science, and tragedy in the early years of the twentieth century in the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks or Devil in the White City.