July 1905
Civil rights organizingBook sources
The Niagara Movement demands full civil and political rights
Ontario, Canada; United States
Black activists including W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter organized the Niagara Movement. They demanded voting rights, equal treatment before the law and an end to racial discrimination.
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Context / qualification
The founding meeting was in Canada in 1905; the Harpers Ferry meeting followed in 1906. The movement preceded the NAACP and should not be treated as the same organization.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 13, pp. 348–349; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- National Park Service: Niagara Movement ↗