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In this Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, photo, workers install the statue of Octavius Valentine Catto at City Hall in Philadelphia. A century before the fight to end Jim Crow segregation laws, Catto was leading a civil rights movement in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the city will laud Catto’s legacy with a statue in the shadow of City Hall, the first such named tribute for an African-American in a public space in Philadelphia. (David Maialetti /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Philadelphia honors black activist with City Hall statue

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, photo, workers install the statue of Octavius Valentine Catto at City Hall in Philadelphia. A century before the fight to end Jim Crow segregation laws, Catto was leading a civil rights movement in Philadelphia. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the city will laud Catto’s legacy with a statue in the shadow of City Hall, the first such named tribute for an African-American in a public space in Philadelphia. (David Maialetti /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

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