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Octavius Catto

    Discrimination

    Politics

    Civil War & Reconstruction, 1860-1890

Printed cartoon showing the assignation of Octavius Catto in Philadelphia in 1871.
We shall never rest at ease, but will agitate and work, by our means and by our influence, in court and out of court, asking aid of the press, calling upon Christians to vindicate their Christianity, and the members of the law to assert the principles of the profession by granting us justice and right, until these invidious and unjust usages shall have ceased.

Octavius Catto

People waiting in line to vote
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Legislating Rights

    Discrimination

An illustration of a school house on fire. Some onlookers cheer, while others run towards help.
Historic Event

The Memphis Massacre

    Politics

Mrs. Nettie Hunt, sitting on steps of Supreme Court, holding newspaper, explaining to her daughter Nikie the meaning of the Supreme Court's decision banning school segregation
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Education for All

    Politics