PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Mural Arts Project has commissioned a new mural to honor 19th-century civil rights activist Octavius V. Catto of Philadelphia.
This is a rendering of the mural that will be created outside of Universal Charter School in South Philadelphia where Catto lived.
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Catto was assassinated in 1871 for being an outspoken activist for giving African-Americans the right to vote.
Last year, he became the first African American to be honored with a memorial in Philadelphia.
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