Lynchburg honors Ota Benga with historic marker where he died
Lynchburg unveils historic marker to honor the memory of the Congolese pygmy Ota Benga. Ota Benga found sanctuary in Lynchburg after being displayed at zoos in New York and St. Louis in the early 1900s. Among the hills of Lynchburg’s White Rock Cemetery lies the body of a Congolese pygmy named Ota Benga, who found deliverance in the Hill City […]
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