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LAST WEEK OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Day 3 of 7 Black activists to celebrate

OCTAVIUS V. CATTO:

Catto, born Feburary 22, 1839, was born free, since his family was affluent and reputable.

Catto’s father, William T. Catto, was an outspoken advocate for education for black people, voting suffrage, and the empancipation, so Catto followed in his father’s footsteps.

Catto was a smart and gifted man having graduating as valedictorian of the Institue for Colored Youth in 1858.

With that he went on to become a teacher at the Institue.

Catto did many things one of which is attemtping to help racial barriers in baseball by creating a black baseball team, the Philadelphia Pythians, which he also played on.

Back at the start of the Battle of Gettysburg Catto responded to help by raising 11 regiments of “Colored Troops” in Pennsylvania where they were trained before being sent to help in battle.

After the Civil War Catto started a Philadelphia protest movement that led to passage of the 1867 Pennsylvania law thst prohibited racially segregated punlic transportation.

On October 10, 1871, first election in which African Americans could partake in, Catto was assinated along with many other Black Americans in a riot when they were attempting to vote.

In 2017, Catto was honored a statue in Philadelphia where his legacy lives on.

THANK YOU OCTAVIUS V. CATTO

“In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically changed… It means facing a system that does not lend its self to your needs and devising means by which you change that system.”

ELLA BAKER

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LAST WEEK OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Day 2 of 7: Black activists to celebrate

ELLA BAKER

Ella Baker, born on December 13, 1903, was an civil rights and human rights activist.

In her lifetime Baker found her way in many active leading groups such as, the YNCL and the NAACP.

In 1957, Baker helped launch the SCLC ,which Martin Luther King Jr. co founded along many other.

During her time there she organized the event that led to the creation of the SNCC.

In her later years Baker remained fighting for social justice issues and equality.

Of course her legacy lives on.

THANK YOU ELLA BAKER

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LAST WEEK OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

1 of 7 black activists to celebrate

FREDRICK DOUGLASS:

Fredrick douglass was a slave.

After 7 years he was shipped off to do hard labor.

Attemping to escape in April of 1836 but, did not succeed and was critically punished.

He tried again and was victorious on September 3rd 1838.

After escaping he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement.

With that he wrote keen antislavery writings and people took notice.

Douglas wrote an autobiography titled ‘Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, as an American Slave’ which he wrote about his time as an slave.

Advocated for many things 1 being women’s rights.

His legacy as an activist for black people all around live on.

THANK YOU FREDRICK DOUGLASS