NEVER AGAIN: The Untold History of Human Zoos, Scientific Racism, and the Fight for Human Dignity By Richard Logro, PhD, RN
Step Behind the Fences At the dawn of the 20th century, Western cities built magnificent world fairs and zoological parks to celebrate industrial might. But behind the neoclassical architecture lay a dark reality: millions paid to watch living human beings displayed behind iron fences. Men, women, and children from Africa, Asia, and the Pacific were transported thousands of miles to serve as objects of curiosity and spectacles of imperial power.
A Nurse and Historian Looks Inside Written by nurse and historian Dr. Richard Logro, Never Again approaches this devastating history through the lens of clinical ethics, public health, and human dignity:

• What physical and psychological trauma did captives endure following unsanitary voyages?
• How did malnutrition and infectious diseases ravage populations lacking acquired immunity?
• How did respected scientific institutions weaponize data to legitimize racial hierarchies?

From Spectacle to Conscience Spanning the global matrix of human zoos-from Hamburg to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair-this book uncovers the systems that manufactured public consent. Yet, this is not merely a chronicle of victimization. Through archival research, Dr. Logro highlights fierce, continuous resistance: labor strikes, legal appeals, and the moral outrage of leaders who refused to let humanity be commodified.
"History remembers the crowds that came to watch. This book remembers the people they came to see." - Richard Logro, PhD, RN