This photo, circa 1915, from the Library of Congress, shows Ota Benga. The organization that runs New York’s Bronx Zoo is apologizing for racist episodes in the zoo’s past, including putting Ota Benga, a Central African man, on display in the Monkey House in 1906. “In the name of equality, transparency, and accountability, we must confront our organization’s historic role in promoting racial injustice as we advance our mission to save wildlife and wild places,” officials with the Wildlife Conservation Society said in a statement Wednesday, July 30, 2020. (AP)
