2021 African American Experience: Octavius Catto with Murray Dubin & Daniel Biddle

On election day October 10, 1871, a 32-old African American man named Octavius Catto was murdered on the streets of Philadelphia. Catto was a teacher, militia officer, baseball player and civil rights activist. In this episode of the African American Experience, we talk with Daniel Biddle and Murray Dubin about the life of Octavius Catto. They are the authors of “Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America.”