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Celebrating the birthday of Octavius Catto, a Philadelphia civil rights hero
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) February 22 is the birthday of a Philadelphia civil rights hero, and it happens to fall during Black History Month.
Octavius Valentine Catto was born in 1839, and a statue of him is positioned prominently on the south side of City Hall.
Many who admire him and study his life believe he still remains a hero who is hidden in history.
Some do see the parallels between the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Catto. They were born to relative Black privilege and used that privilege, and used that access to different ideas and people, to lead and try to improve the lives of others around them, said Ivan Henderson, the programming Vice President of the African-American Museum in Philadelphia.