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
Philly institute of hip hop entrepreneurship is all about inspiring local youth to become Business Owners tayibb smith and Meegan Denenberg are taking a new approach when it comes to teaching young people Business Practices. We worked with a lot of young men and women who are looking to i think be founders, president s, all these big labels and everything they want to do. And we realized that a lot of them had no idea on how to run a business. So the pair received a 300 thousand dollar grant from the Knight Foundation to teach a group of urban millennials in philly how to create their own companies and the institute of hip hop entrepreneurship was born. We have a lot of people who maybe came through the lens of wanting to be an artist or a performer, or have some kind of connection to the music industry. So hip hop as an ethos of inspiration, because hip hop is influenced so many different Business Practices in the last 30 years. 24 participants were chosen out of 300 to meet up once a
Philly institute of hip hop entrepreneurship is all about inspiring local youth to become Business Owners tayibb smith and Meegan Denenberg are taking a new approach when it comes to teaching young people Business Practices. We worked with a lot of young men and women who are looking to i think be founders, president s, all these big labels and everything they want to do. And we realized that a lot of them had no idea on how to run a business. So the pair received a 300 thousand dollar grant from the Knight Foundation to teach a group of urban millennials in philly how to create their own companies and the institute of hip hop entrepreneurship was born. We have a lot of people who maybe came through the lens of wanting to be an artist or a performer, or have some kind of connection to the music industry. So hip hop as an ethos of inspiration, because hip hop is influenced so many different Business Practices in the last 30 years. 24 participants were chosen out of 300 to meet up once a
Through the 19th, 20th and now 21st century. This blackowned independent Media Company continues to report on local and National News with one enduring mission. For 130 years, weve for 130 years, weve been the voice of the African American community. Who would tell our story, from our perspective, not someone elses, from those of us that are African American. Robert bogle, president and ceo for the last 25 years, has helped push and maintain the tribune to see its 130th year of printing for the people. Who whether its professionally, whether its in business, whether its social, the Philadelphia Tribune has attempted, and has worked hard to reflect what that experience has been. The paper creates five weekly editions from its home since 1912 on south 16th street with a staff of over 100. The lifestyle segment is one of their most popular. Different events that will happen over the weekend, theyll end up in this paper e everyones photo. Everybody loves it. We tell stories that the mainst