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	The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow . Jim Crow Stories . Niagara Movement \| PBS
		Du Bois called his organization the Niagara Movement, named after the falls where the first meeting was held.
		Despite the establishment of 30 branches and the achievements of a few scattered civil-rights victories at the local level, the movement suffered from organizational weakness and lack of funds as well as a permanent headquarters or staff.
		Niagara co-founder William Monroe Trotter opposed including women in the movement.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_niagara.html (394 words)

	Q and A
		The leaders of the Niagara Movement were, by and large, African Americans from what biographer Paul D. Nelson has referred to as the “generation of the 1860s.” These were men and women who had been emancipated during the Civil War or born free during the conflict or in the years immediately following its conclusion.
		The Niagara Movement directly challenged the views of Booker T. Washington, who was, in 1906, arguably the most widely known fl person in the United States.
		In many ways, the signal achievement of the Niagara Movement was that it set the stage for later movements and individuals to finally capture the rights its delegates had identified and demanded at Harpers Ferry in 1906.
	www.npca.org /niagara/q-a.html (1699 words)

	Senator Byrd - Virtual Newsroom
		The Niagara Movement was founded in 1905 by a group of African-American men led by W.E.B. DuBois and others.
		The Niagara Movement served as the foundation for the NAACP.
		The Niagara Movement became the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
	byrd.senate.gov /newsroom/news_august/niagara_movement.html (294 words)

	Niagara University: Niagara Reads Letter to Students
		Niagara University’s freshman summer reading program, Niagara Reads, is designed to introduce you to our academic community by reading and discussing a common book.
		These events will mark the 100th anniversary of the Niagara Movement, early meetings between civil rights’ advocates held in the Niagara Falls area in 1905.
		The Niagara Movement laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement and landmark litigation such as Brown v.
	www.niagara.edu /care/archives/2005/nr-f.htm (500 words)

	Niagara Falls Summary
		The feature films Niagara and Superman were partly filmed near the falls, and H. Wells was so impressed with the electrical dynamos in place after 1900 that he made the falls an important part of some of his science fiction.
		Both the North American Great Lakes and the Niagara River are effects of this last continental ice sheet, an enormous glacier that crept across the area from eastern Canada.
		The twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York are connected by three bridges, including the Rainbow Bridge, just downriver from the Falls, which affords the closest view of the Falls, and the Whirlpool Bridge.
	www.bookrags.com /Niagara_Falls (4474 words)

	Senator Byrd - Senate Speeches
		The Niagara Movement changed the course of history, said U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., at the group’s centennial opening ceremony Thursday at the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
		The Niagara Movement was founded in 1905 by a group of courageous and determined African-Americans.
		The courageous and determined men and women of the Niagara Movement gathered to register their protest of such treatment and to make known their intention to be vigilant in their efforts to contest any legal action or practice designed to assign them status as second-class citizens.
	byrd.senate.gov /speeches/2006_august/niagara_remarks.html (742 words)

	Niagara Movement Centennial Distinguished Lecture Series - Buffalo State College - About the Niagara Movement
		The Niagara Movement—the first, collective civil rights movement of the 20th century—took shape in July 1905 when W. Du Bois gathered an elite group of African Americans to challenge the accommodation policies of Booker T. Washington.
		Although the Niagara Movement was short-lived, it lasted for only five years, the leadership and founding principles became the cornerstone of the newly formed NAACP, a multi-racial civil rights organization that has remained active to this day.
		To learn more about the Niagara Movement, W. Du Bois, and the Buffalo-Niagara region's rich history, visit the links and resources page.
	www.buffalostate.edu /niagaramovement/about.xml (377 words)

	Niagara Movement
		The name, Niagara Movement, came because of the location and the “mighty current” of protest they wished to unleash.
		This episode was the first significant fl organized protest movement of the twentieth century.
		Despite the establishment of 30 branches and the achievement of a few scattered civil-rights victories at the local level, the group suffered from organizational weakness and lack of funds as well as a permanent headquarters or staff, and it never was able to attract mass support.
	www.ornl.gov /adm/hr_ornl/bhm2005/NiagaraMovement.shtml (330 words)

	Black History Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The work and philosophy of the Niagara Movement would be an important first step in the 20th century struggle for civil, social, and economic justice.
		The Niagara Movement would lay the groundwork for a larger organization, and in 1909 would be reborn as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
		In the spirit of the Niagara Movement, House Democrats continue to stand for civil and social justice and opportunity for all Americans.
	democraticleader.house.gov /BHM/history.htm (246 words)

	The Niagara Movement
		Dubbed the ìNiagara Movementî because of its place of origin, the group was composed of 59 leading African American intellectuals, writers, newspapermen and activists, 29 of whom attended the organizational meeting in Buffalo.
		By sensitizing Americans to fl discontent over worsening racial conditions in the nation, the Niagara Movement paved the way for the creation of the powerful, interracial NAACP in 1910.
		A murderous race riot in Springfield, Illinois, in 1908 ó the year before the centennial of Lincoln's birth ó galvanized liberal whites who had connections to the Niagara Movement, people like Mary White Ovington, whom Du Bois had invited to be the first white member of the group in 1908.
	ah.phpwebhosting.com /h/niag.html (891 words)

	~~ Wright Now In Buffalo ~~
		A landmark in the history of human rights, the Niagara Movement began when scholar W.E.B. DuBois, the first African American to earn a doctoral degree from Harvard, recruited a group of well-educated Black professionals he called "The Talented Tenth" and urged them to create a formal platform for equal rights.
		When DuBois couldn't reserve hotel space in the city the first Niagara Movement meeting was held in the Erie Beach Hotel in Fort Erie, Ontario.
		Buffalonian Mary Talbert played a pivotal role in the advent of the Niagara Movement when she opened her Michigan Avenue home to DuBois, John Hope and 27 others for a secret planning meeting of the famous summit.
	www.gobuffaloniagara.com /whattodo/african_history.cfm (647 words)

	Niagara Movement Centennial Distinguished Lecture Series - Buffalo State College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Niagara Movement Centennial Distinguished Lecture Series - Buffalo State College
		The Centennial Celebration of the Niagara Movement in Buffalo, New York, a distinguished lecture series designed to stimulate dialogue among local, national, and international scholars as well as the general public about the Niagara Movement and Buffalo's legacy as the birthplace of the early civil rights struggle.
		Through an examination of the early history of African Americans within "The City of Light," we hoped to provide a reasoned argument for why Buffalo, New York played such a prominent role in the establishment of this newly styled leadership.
	www.buffalostate.edu /niagaramovement (202 words)

	African American Registry: The Niagara Movement founded
		This episode of America was the first significant fl organized protest movement of the twentieth century.
		On July 11 thru 14, 1905 on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, twenty-nine men met and formed a group they called the Niagara Movement.
		That summer the Niagara Movement held their second conference at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1005/The_Niagara_Movement_founded (358 words)

	niagmov
		Before the Harlem Renaissance was born, the Niagara Movement set the grounds for African-American rights.
		Several meetings and interviews later, a committee was formed to oversee the movement of Negroes into influential society.
		The "Niagara Movement" was incorporated January 31, 1906, in the District of Columbia.
	library.thinkquest.org /26656/english/niagmov.html (404 words)

	Paul Lamont's Speech at the DeVeaux Beautification Committee meeting - March 2000
		The Audobon Society has designated the Niagara River Corridor as an Important Bird Area, significant to migrating birds and birders are a large portion of the ecotourism industry.
		Imagine them spending a day or two as they experience what Niagara truly has to offer--learning from educational attractions and experiencing our unparalleled scenery and rich history as they explore the gorge, the neighboring parklands and just as importantly, the communities within the Niagara region.
		The city of Niagara Falls exists as it does now because of a myriad of complex problems that occurred over the past thirty years.
	www.niagaraheritage.org /lamontspeech.htm (811 words)

	UNCROWNED QUEENS NIAGARA MOVEMENT CENTENNIAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 2005 the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc. is commencing a yearlong observance of the centennial of the Niagara Movement, the cornerstone of the modern civil rights movement in America.
		The meeting, in 1905, that launched the Niagara Movement has significant historical importance for the nation, Western New York, and for the African American population of the region, specifically.
		However, the importance of the contributions of Buffalo's Black community in the Niagara Movement, and the succeeding organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is rarely depicted as a continuous historical movement toward the civil rights of African Americans.
	www.wings.buffalo.edu /uncrownedqueens/files_2005/niag_mov/index.htm (367 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Tiger Brigade Celebrates Black History
		Few would argue that the movement is indirectly responsible for the successes of the African Americans who were honored by the 256th soldiers on Feb. 28.
		Though it did not have a lasting life, the Niagara Movement made an impact that is still cherished today.
		The NAACP is a direct descendent of the Niagara Movement and derives many of its goals from the older organization.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/mar2005/a030405wm5.html (609 words)

	Blue Ridge Country: West Virginia--Glassmaking Tour and Bed & Breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The 1905-1910 Niagara Movement’s importance is recognized today because it created the first, modern platform for civil rights.
		Members of the Niagara Movement were strongly opposed to Washington’s views.
		According to National Park Service documents, one of the reasons why the Niagara Movement is not well known is that Booker T. Washington used his influence to squelch press coverage of the event and its significance.
	www.blueridgecountry.com /travelguide/wva_history_06.htm (535 words)

	The Winchester Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Delegates to the Second Niagara Movement Conference pose in front of Anthony Hall on the Storer College campus in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., Aug. 17, 1906.
		DuBois and other Niagara Movement members, including J.R. Clifford, a Martinsburg, W.Va., resident and the first fl lawyer in West Virginia, left the Harpers Ferry meeting armed with a resolution calling for full suffrage and an end to “separate but equal’’ accommodations for fls.
		For details on the Niagara Movement Centennial Celebration -- an effort sponsored by the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park along with the Jefferson County, W.Va., chapter of the NAACP and the Harpers Ferry Historical Association -— visit www.nps.gov/hafe/niagara or call (304) 535-6029.
	www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/060817/Life_niagra.asp (926 words)

	All About Buffalo
		The Preservation Coalition of Erie County and the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier, with major funding from M & T Bank, have joined their resources and talents to create Buffalo Tours.
		The Niagara Movement - predecessor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - was born in Buffalo in 1905 when a group of leading African-American intellectuals, writers and activists met here and in Fort Erie, Ontario.
		The meeting, held in secret near Niagara Falls, was a call to let loose a ‘mighty current’ of protest against the injustices facing the African American community.
	gobuffaloniagara.com /about/niagara_movement.cfm (605 words)

	Fort Belvoir News
		Known as the Buffalo Soldiers, the 9th and 10th Calvary Regiments along with four other infantry regiments were responsible for monitoring the westward movement during the 19th century.
		Coffee also touched on this year’s Department of Defense Black History Month theme: The Niagara Movement, which was a 1905 meeting of fl intellectuals that took place in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
		Led by renowned scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, the group outlined a proposal arguing for the extension of civil liberties to fls and the eradication of racial discrimination.
	www.belvoir.army.mil /news.asp?id=niagaramovement (564 words)

	African Americans - The Niagara Movement
		The Niagara Movement, was founded in 1905, by a group of African Americans, led by W.
		The movement renounced Booker T. Washington's accommodation policies set forth in his "Atlanta Compromise" speech which he delivered in 1895.
		The Niagara Movement was an early civil rights organization and a precursor to the NAACP.
	www.africanamericans.com /NiagaraMovement.htm (210 words)

	Visit Buffalo Niagara - African American Heritage
		Buffalo Niagara’s location across the Niagara River from Canada made it one of a handful of final destinations on the Underground Railroad and an important center of African American culture.
		Along with Mary Talbert, he helped organize the Niagara Movement which was the forerunner to the NAACP.
		The first connection between the U.S. and Canada across the lower Niagara gorge, the Whirlpool Bridge was known as the "Freedom Crossing" and was used in 1849 by Harriet Tubman en route from slavery in Bucktown, Maryland to her first home in St. Catharines, Ontario.
	www.visitbuffaloniagara.com /attractions_afam.html (1043 words)

	Niagara Movement at Harpers Ferry Centennial Commemoration
		Left: Women at the 1906 Niagara Movement Conference at Harpers Ferry: Mrs.
		The Niagara Movement, the cornerstone of the modern civil rights movement in America, held its first meeting on American soil in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in 1906.
		It was a symbol of freedom and a model for progress in the struggles for equality.
	www.nps.gov /hafe/niagara/events.htm (164 words)

	Niagara Falls Reporter
		Much of the text of the Niagara Movement's "Declaration of Principles" was written by W.E.B. Du Bois.
		From the Declaration of Principles of the Niagara Movement, 1905:
		Persistent manly agitation is the way to liberty, and toward this goal the Niagara Movement has started and asks the cooperation of all men of all races.
	www.niagarafallsreporter.com /menagerie9.html (1020 words)

	Niagara Movement at Harpers Ferry Centennial Commemoration (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Thirteen months later, from August 15-19, 1906, the Niagara Movement held its first public meeting in the United States on the campus of Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
		The Niagara Movement laid the cornerstone of the modern civil rights era.
		There, the men and women of the Niagara Movement recommitted themselves to the ongoing call for justice and the struggle for equality.
	www.nps.gov.cob-web.org:8888 /archive/hafe/niagara/history.htm (841 words)

	Shenandoah.com \| Stories
		She believes the three-day event will provide visitors not only with a heavy dose of history related to the Niagara Movement in Harpers Ferry, but also encourage further exploration of other key events tied to fl Americans' effort to win full civil rights.
		The Niagara Movement would end just five years later when most of its membership became part of the new National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the group that would win a unanimous Supreme Court decision in Brown v.
		For details on the Niagara Movement Centennial Celebration on Aug. 15 to 19, an effort sponsored by the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park along with the Jefferson County, W.Va., chapter of the NAACP and the Harpers Ferry Historical Association, go online to www.nps.gov/hafe/niagara or call (304) 535-6029.
	www.shenandoah.com /stories/?headlineID=9964 (827 words)

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