#112: There Must Come a Change [Octavius Valentine Catto] cover art

#112: There Must Come a Change [Octavius Valentine Catto]

#112: There Must Come a Change [Octavius Valentine Catto]

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

Octavius Valentine Catto was truly a man for all seasons: scholar, activist, politician, baseball star. He could have been the inspiring black leader Reconstruction-era Philadelphia needed... if he hadn't been murdered.

https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/there-must-come-a-change

Key sources for this episode include Daniel Biddle and Murray Dubin's Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America; Joe William Trotter Jr and Eric Ledell Smith's African Americans in Pennsylvania: Shifting Historical Perspectives; Michael E. Lomax's Black Baseball Entrepreneurs: 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary; Ryan A. Swanson's When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime; and Stephan Segal's "An Unbreakable Game: Baseball and Its Inability to Bring About Equality During Reconstruction"

The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it!

  • Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com
  • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com
  • Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB
  • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope
  • Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/orderjackalope
  • YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope

What listeners say about #112: There Must Come a Change [Octavius Valentine Catto]

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.