July 2019

Niagara Movement

The Niagara Movement is often described as the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons, NAACP, which is not untrue. However, the 1905 gathering began as in response to another movement launched a decade earlier. The July 11 inaugural meeting was held in Fort Erie, Ontario, near the famous falls for …

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