Brains and Bronze: How Octavius Catto came back to life

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 8:35 p.m.

Octavius Catto, a 19th century activist, stands in bronze as the first statue of a black man on Philadelphia public property. And he\u2019s coming back to life in other ways--on a giant mural, and in the art and social justice scenes of the city. What would this statue of an activist from history say to the activists surrounding it now...why is he back, and what\u2019s he trying to tell us?\nProduced in memory of Willis \u201cNomo\u201d Humphrey.\n\nProducer: Melina Walling\n\nFeaturing: Melina Walling, Keir Johnston, Shakirah, Eddy, Kim McCleary, Branly Cadet, Dejay Duckett, Paul Farber\n\nMusic: sonder, johnny_ripper, epilogue; Everybody Wants Gold and a Mermaid, Tony Higgins, Ray-A Life Underwater; You Can Calmly Put This Thing Together (Piece by Piece), junior85, Upside Down, Left to Right; Flight, Nctrnm, EQUINOX