W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter convene Black leaders near Niagara Falls to demand full civil and political rights.
At a Glance
- Date
- 11 July 1905
- Location
- Niagara Falls
- Key people
- W.E.B. Du Bois, William Monroe Trotter
- Category
- Organizations & Institutions
- Source
- Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles (1905) · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
It rejected accommodation and laid the groundwork for the NAACP.
What It Means Now
The Niagara Movement is seen as the seed of 20th-century civil rights organizing.
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