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Philadelphia to honor black activist with City Hall statue

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A century before the fight to end Jim Crow segregation laws, Octavius Valentine Catto was leading a civil rights movement in Philadelphia.

The 19th-century educator and activist fought for a better education for black students, led efforts to desegregate the city’s street cars and pushed for equal …