Octavius Valentine Catto was an orator who shared stages with Frederick Douglass; a second baseman on Philadelphia s best black baseball team; a teacher at the city s finest black school and an activist who fought in the state capital and on the streets for equal rights. With his racially-charged murder; the nation lost a civil rights pioneer one who risked his life a century before Selma and Birmingham. In Tasting Freedom Murray Dubin and Pulitzer Prize winner Dan Biddle painstakingly chronicle the life of this charismatic black leader a free black whose freedom was in name only. Born in the American south; where slavery permeated everyday life; he moved north where he joined the fight to be truly free free to vote; go to school; ride on streetcars; play baseball and even participate in July 4th celebrations. Catto electrified a biracial audience in 1864 when he proclaimed; There must come a change; calling on free men and women to act and educate the newly freed slaves. With a group of other African Americans who called themselves a band of brothers; they challenged one injustice after another. Tasting Freedom presents the little-known stories of Catto and the men and women who struggled to change America.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Nice quality; articles run toward esotericBy Jonathan LuptonThe Warships series are; to my eyes; rather hit-or-miss. This year's edition was a bit arcane for me. The best section covered an obscure night action off Malaya in January; 1942 between two old British destroyers and a larger force of Japanese destroyers; smaller vessels; and one cruiser. The article was insightful and provocative; pointing out the high level of training British ships and crews had for night actions. Unfortunately; the limited evidence of Japanese negligence led to over-confidence among the Allies which may have helped lead to disaster at Savo Island a few months later. The book reviews are good ; as is the appraisal of the latest US; British; and Indian aircraft carrier designs. The article on Japanese Shokaku-class carriers is of high quality; albeit with a surfeit of extraneous details. Other articles are obscure for my tastes; involving a French submarine; naval war in the Adriatic during World War I; and French battleship designs prior to World War I. This is the sort of title which makes an excellent addition to a library's reference section; but runs a bit expensive and obscure; even for knowledgeable naval enthusiasts.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The string continues; Naval History at its finest!By Terry SofianAnother great volume in the premier annual series. Three wonderful articles on aircraft carriers from an un-built Italian design from the 1930s; the last prewar Japanese carrier class and a long discussion on current fixed wing carrier technology. Other articles cover circular Russian ironclads; an early surface engagement between British and Japanese surface forces in WW2; French battleships and several other topics. The top writers in naval history and technology are well represented.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent articles; as usual. Most were very interesting. A couple were a bit boring.By Bayard B.The usual high quality articles from "Warship." A couple in this edition were kind of boring; I felt. The most interesting articles were: the Japanese Shokaku class aircraft carriers; the naval war in the Adriatic 1914 - 1916; the French Patrie class battleships of around 1900; and the Italian navy aircraft carrier project of the 1930s.
