Press Room
Check out these news reports from the Octavius V. Catto Memorial Dedication
September 26, 2017 * Event Program Book * Dedication Speech
CBS Evening News
"Octavius Valentine Catto honored in Philadelphia"U.S. News and World Report
"Philadelphia Honors Black Activist with City Hall Statue"Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News/philly.com
"A Monument at Last for Octavius Catto, who changed Philadelphia"Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News/philly.com
Opinion: "Octavius V. Catto now a visible part of Philadelphia's history"NBC10
"Philadelphia Honors Black Activist, 'True American Hero" with first-of-its-kind statue at City Hall"Curbed Philadelphia
"City Unveiled Long-Awaited Octavius V. Catto Memorial"Reading Eagle
Editorial: "Overlooked hero gets long overdue recognition"
Check out these news reports about the Octavius V. Catto Memorial.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 15, 2017
"Philly's first public sculpture honoring an individual African American will be unveiled"National Public Radio, August 19, 2017
"Early Civil Rights Activist Octavius Catto Gets A Statue"Philadelphia Magazine, June 10, 2016
"13 Things You Might Not Know About Octavius Catto"The Philadelphia Tribune, June 10, 2016
"City unveils design for Octavius Catto memorial statue"