Temple University Article

Temple University School of Communication and Theater picked-up a story about the book. Murray Dubin is an alumni of the Journalism program at Temple University.

Journalism alumnus’ book examines ‘forgotten’ civil rights leader

By jcronin | Published: October 25, 2010

Murray Dubin, JOUR ’69, and Dan Biddle appeared on the Oct. 17 edition of “All Things Considered” on NPR to discuss their book, Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America, published by Temple University Press. Check out the full article here »

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A Call to Arms

Click to get a closer look, you can see the name of Octavius Catto at the bottom, as well as his father's.

This broadside is eight feet high and was seen on windows in downtown Philadelphia in June, 1863, as black leaders called a meeting to convince black men to join the Union Army prior to Gettysburg.