{"id":11030,"date":"2014-03-03T08:02:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11030"},"modified":"2014-02-28T21:04:05","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T02:04:05","slug":"19th-century-civil-rights-pioneer-in-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11030","title":{"rendered":"19th-century civil-rights pioneer in spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em>Authors of Octavius Catto book to speak at Chester County Historical Society<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-28-at-8.48.30-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-02-28 at 8.48.30 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-28-at-8.48.30-PM.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a>Daniel R. Biddle and Murray Dubin, authors of the acclaimed biography of 19th-century Philadelphia civil rights pioneer Octavius Catto \u2013\u00a0<i>Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America<\/i><b><i>\u00a0&#8211;<\/i><\/b>\u00a0will discuss Catto\u2019s life, legacy, and milieu on Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at the Chester County Historical Society.<\/p>\n<p>Biddle and Dubin will also explain how they went about shaping their seven years of research into a compelling narrative. According to the book jacket, the subject\u2019s background provided a wealth of diverse material: \u201cOctavius Valentine Catto was a second baseman on Philadelphia\u2019s best black baseball team, a teacher at the city\u2019s finest black school, an activist who fought in the state capital and on the streets for equal rights, and an orator who shared the stage with Frederick Douglass. With his murder during an election-day race riot in 1871, the nation lost a civil rights pioneer \u2013 one who risked his life a century before the events that took place in Selma and Birmingham.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The authors were longtime colleagues and friends at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Biddle, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, is currently the paper\u2019s politics editor. Dubin, author of S<em>outh Philadelphia: Mummers, Memories and the Melrose Diner<\/em>, worked at the paper for 34 years as a reporter and editor.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of the book will be available for purchase, and reservations are appreciated. Please RSVP by March 5 to 610-692-4800 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rs**@*****************al.org\" data-original-string=\"nyD99L3FXTvXHj+8g8uXcA==750D08xo3019hAuYfiLFEK35M\/IZpRH2KeMbJaEQjrB+4Q=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. 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