Octavius Catto and the battle for equality in Civil War America /
Daniel R. Biddle, Murray Dubin.
x, 616 pages :
illustrations, portraits ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [569]-602) and index.
Introduction: "A hundred O.V. Cattos" -- Charleston -- Arm in arm -- "Keep the flame burning-- " -- With giants -- Lessons -- The Irish, the killers, and Squire McMullen -- "Arise, young North" -- "How much I yearn to be a man" -- A chance on the pavement -- The wolf killers -- Manhood -- The battle for streetcars -- Baseball -- The hide of the rhinoceros -- Election day -- The Venus of the high trapeze -- Epilogue: The legacy.
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Chronicles the life of African-American educator, intellectual, and civil rights leader Octavius Valentine Catto, who was shot and killed in election-day violence in Philadelphia in 1871.
Catto, Octavius V.,1839-1871.
McMullen, William,1824-1901.
African American baseball players-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia, Biography.
African American political activists-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia, Biography.
African American teachers-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia, Biography.