Niagara Movement

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The Niagara Movement was an early 20th-century African American civil rights organization, led by figures like W.E.B. Du Bois, that advocated for full political, civil, and social rights and helped lay the groundwork for later groups such as the NAACP.

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Generate an image of the Niagara Movement (The Niagara Movement was an early 20th-century African American civil rights organization, led by figures like W.E.B. Du Bois, that advocated for full political, civil, and social rights and helped lay the groundwork for later groups such as the NAACP.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American organization ⓘ
civil rights organization ⓘ
historical social movement ⓘ
advocatedFor end to Jim Crow laws ⓘ
end to racial discrimination in the courts ⓘ
end to segregation in public accommodations ⓘ
equal economic opportunities ⓘ
equal educational opportunities ⓘ
full manhood suffrage ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved around 1910 ⓘ
ethnicFocus African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
fieldOfWork civil rights ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
foundedBy W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
William Monroe Trotter ⓘ
a group of African American activists ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Henry Lee De Forest ⓘ
linked to: Lee de Forest

Ida B. Wells-Barnett ⓘ
linked to: Ida B. Wells

J. R. Clifford ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
William Monroe Trotter ⓘ
hasMotto “We want full manhood suffrage and we want it now.” ⓘ
hasPurpose advocacy of civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
advocacy of full political rights for African Americans ⓘ
advocacy of social equality for African Americans ⓘ
hasSuccessor National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ⓘ
linked to: NAACP
historicalPeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
inception 1905 ⓘ
influenced early 20th-century civil rights activism in the United States ⓘ
inspired National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ⓘ
linked to: NAACP
locationOfInception Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Fort Erie, Ontario

near Niagara Falls ⓘ
movementIdeology Pan-African consciousness ⓘ
militant demand for equal rights ⓘ
opposition to racial compromise ⓘ
notableWork Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Movement
opposed Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist policies ⓘ
disfranchisement of African American voters ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
the Atlanta Compromise ⓘ
organized annual meetings ⓘ
legal challenges to segregation and discrimination ⓘ
published The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line ⓘ
reasonForDissolution absorption of many members into the NAACP ⓘ
financial difficulties ⓘ
internal divisions ⓘ
significantEvent 1905 founding conference near Niagara Falls ⓘ
1906 meeting at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ

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NAACP → predecessor → Niagara Movement ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois → movement → Niagara Movement ⓘ
Niagara Movement → notableWork → Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Movement
Earl Little → partOf → African-American civil rights movement (pre-World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Movement
James E. Shepard → movement → African American civil rights movement (pre-1954) ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Movement
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park → associatedWithEvent → Niagara Movement meetings at Storer College ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Movement
President of the American Negro Academy → movement → civil rights movement (early 20th century) ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Movement
Atlanta Compromise → criticizedBy → Niagara Movement ⓘ
subject linked to: the Atlanta Compromise
William Monroe Trotter → coFounded → Niagara Movement ⓘ
William Monroe Trotter → participantIn → Niagara Movement ⓘ
J. R. Clifford → memberOf → Niagara Movement ⓘ
J. R. Clifford → leadershipRoleIn → Niagara Movement ⓘ
J. R. Clifford → cofounderOf → Niagara Movement ⓘ
Mary Burnett Talbert → memberOf → Niagara Movement supporters ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Movement
John Robert Clifford → memberOf → Niagara Movement ⓘ
subject linked to: John