Niagara Falls conference

The Niagara Falls convention was a meeting of twenty-nine activists, held at the Erie Beach Hotel, Fort Erie, Ontario, on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, from July 11 until 14 July 1905.[1][2] It was the first meeting of The Niagara Movement, a group of African-Americans, led by W. E. B. Du Bois, John Hope, and William Monroe Trotter. Instrumental in forming the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.[3] The subsequent Niagara Conference was held the following year at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.[4]

References

1. "African American Registry: The Niagara Movement founded". aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1005/The_Niagara_Movement_founded. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-04-06.
2. Coard, Michael (6 July 2022). "The Niagara Movement, a precursor to NAACP, fought for economic and civil rights | Michael Coard". Pennsylvania Capital-Star.
3. Sernett, Milton C. (1997). Bound for the promised land : African American religion and the great migration. Durham, NC : Duke University Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8223-1984-9.
4. "The Niagara Movement at Storer College Historical Marker". hmdb.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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• The Niagara Movement founded