Niagara Movement

E57436

African American organization civil rights organization historical social 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.

Aliases (1)

Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles ×1

Statements (50)

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 →
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 → Ida B. Wells-Barnett → 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 →
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 →
locationOfInception	Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada → near Niagara Falls →
movementIdeology	Pan-African consciousness → militant demand for equal rights → opposition to racial compromise →
notableWork	Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles →
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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
W. E. B. Du Bois →	movement
Niagara Movement ("Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles") →	notableWork
NAACP →	predecessor