Pamela Newkirk
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning journalist reveals a little-known and shameful episode in American history, when an African man was used as a zoo exhibit--a shocking story of racial prejudice, science, and tragedy in the early years of the twentieth century. Ota Benga, a young Congolese man, was featured as an exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair. Two years later, in 1906, the Bronx Zoo displayed him in its Monkey House, caging the slight 103-pound, four-foot...
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The author shines a light on the diversity industry, highlighting the rare success stories, and asking the tough questions about why progress has been so slow.
"Diversity has become the new buzzword, championed by elite institutions from academia to Hollywood to corporate America. In an effort to ensure their organizations represent the racial and ethnic makeup of the country, industry and foundation leaders have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars...
4) Spectacle
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In 1904, Ota Benga, a young Congolese 'pygmy' - a person of petite stature - arrived from central Africa and was featured in an anthropology exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair. Two years later, the New York Zoological Gardens displayed him in its Monkey House, caging the slight 103-pound, 4-foot 11-inch tall man with an orangutan. The attraction became an international sensation, drawing thousands of New Yorkers and commanding headlines from across...