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Octavius Catto statue: Nineteenth-century African American leader finally to be honored

Octavius V. Catto, one of Philadelphia's greatest of Renaissance men, an activist, educator, writer, athlete, and speaker gunned down in election violence in 1871, will at last be fully honored by the city where he lived and died for his beliefs and for the color of his skin.

Mayor Kenney peeks at the model for the Octavius Catto sculpture memorial, along with sculptor Branly Cadet. The memorial will be placed in the southwest corner of City Hall.
Mayor Kenney peeks at the model for the Octavius Catto sculpture memorial, along with sculptor Branly Cadet. The memorial will be placed in the southwest corner of City Hall.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer