Own Tamala Edwards sat down with the two authors of tasting freedom. A book about the life of Octavious Catto a little known philadelphia civil rights activist from the 1800s. Take a look. Authors murray dubin and Daniel Bittle published tasting freedom in 2010, a biography about forgotten philadelphia hero octavius catto. He was a civil rights hero at a time in this countrys history when African American civil rights heroes were just not very well known. Catto was born in South Carolina in 1839 and moved to philadelphia at nine years old. Explain during his lifetime what it was like in philadelphia in general when it comes to race. You were unable to vote until 1870. You couldnt sit in a, in a jury. You could not go to the academy of music. You couldnt go to a Public School where white students went. Your job choices were very, very limited. It was a difficult life and your life was in danger on the street both from whites and from people who would want to kidnap you and send you sout
The future is for the unafraid. Im rick williams. And im melisa magee. Tonight its a special visions 2018. Celebrating black History Month meet temples first Rhodes Scholar. See how the sixers are spending their summer. And from mastering money to meditation, see how several black Business Owners are making their mark welcome to tonights show. Were here at uncle bobbies coffee and books in germantown. Its owned by professor, author and activist dr. Marc lamont hill. You might recognize him from some of the cable news shows they have a little light fare food, coffee from local brand la colombe. Plus a vast array of titles by and about people of color. And speaking of books, our own Tamala Edwards sat down with the two authors of tasting freedom. A book about the life of Octavious Catto a little known philadelphia civil rights activist from the 1800s. Take a look. Authors murray dubin and Daniel Bittle published tasting freedom in 2010, a biography about forgotten philadelphia hero octav
It, but it was able to come back under its own power. We have a better look of the boat from sky force 10. You can see it is a big boat. Big enough for the 13 people who were onboard at the time. We talked briefly with some of the people onboard at the time and they were shaken up and did not want to appear on camera. They understand everybody who was hurt would end up okay. A helicopter had to take one of the four injured by air and ambulances took the others by ground. You can see that Emergency Response in pictures sent to nbc 10. State police also told us that the injured were hurt in the head and the neck. There was also a possible broken arm injury there. We were speaking to some of the people out here as well as the tow boat operator. Theyve been very busy this time of year with all the boats out on the water because of shallow spots particularly bad in this area. Working more on that part of the story. Well have more on that for you tonight at 11 00. Im drew smith. A woman and
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