Show notes
This week on the podcast we take a look life and legacy of Octavius V. Catto! Join Meg and Ray as they explore the contributions of one of Philly’s greatest activists during America’s first civil rights movement. There's also some jawn at the end.
- phiacitizen.org/octavius-catto/
- https://catto.ushistory.org/deeper-dive/the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-octavius-v-catto/
- https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/gradual-abolition-act-of-1780/
- https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/octavius-catto/
- https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/octavius-valentine-catto-1839-1871/
- https://exhibits.library.villanova.edu/institute-colored-youth/graduates/ov-catto
- https://vimeo.com/234879393
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxV5Ap19Ae0
- https://www.associationforpublicart.org/artwork/catto-memorial/
- https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/06/03/frank-rizzo-statue-removed/
- https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/868848550/frank-rizzo-statue-is-removed-in-philadelphia-it-is-finally-gone-mayor-says
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/frank-rizzo-statue-removal.html
- https://whyy.org/articles/a-historian-on-the-rizzo-debate-it-comes-down-to-what-statues-do/
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/frank-rizzo-mural-philadelphia-itlalian-market-removed-george-floyd-20200607.html