"Town of God": Ota Benga, the Batetela Boys, and the Promise of Black America

Karen Sotiropoulos

"Town of God": Ota Benga, the Batetela Boys, and the Promise of Black America

Karen Sotiropoulos

Cleveland State University

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of World History
Volume	26
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

Keywords

world's fair
exposition
Ota Benga
historical anthropology
Africa
African American
black
race relations
Congo
racial ideology
St. Louis
St. Louis fair
Leopold
Congo Free State

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History
United States History

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