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Bronx Zoo

The Bronx Zoo (officially, the New York Zoological Park) had been envisioned by its founders as the largest zoo in the world and “the grandest zoological establishment on earth.” The zoo was directed by zoologist William Temple Hornaday, who had formerly worked at the Smithsonian. Overseeing Hornaday was an Executive Committee chaired by Henry Fairfield Osborn, a distinguished professor at Columbia University. Hornaday and Osborn had dreams of exhibiting more than just animals at their new zoo.

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Human Zoos - America's Forgotten History of Scientific RacismDISCOVERY INSTITUTE presents "HUMAN ZOOS" narrated by ANDRES WILLIAMS featuring PAMELA NEWKIRK, OLUFEMI OLUNIYI, TED WILLIAMS, RICHARD WEIKART, JOHN WEST, & JAY RICHARDS written and directed by JOHN G. WEST edited by JOHN G. WEST & RACHEL ADAMS cinematography by KEITH PENNOCK & JESSE EASTMAN music by DONNIE ALAN
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