Niagara Movement

 

During the year of 1905,  Du Bois had great contolling power over the black community. He formed a meeting at the Niagara Falls, New York.He formed a group offering militant alternative to Washington This is how it became known as the Niagara Movement.It represented the African American community. Booker Washington had made a policy of adjustments. Of July, 29 men formed a group called the niagra movement, the reason for the groups name was because of the location that everything was taking place and it became something that they wanted to protest  and let out world wide, something they wanted to be done.They believed that all men were equal, meaning that no man is better than the other, they also believed that everyone should be treated the same due to their actions or conduct. 

Economically, at the time, they argued that negro-americans should have the option of living out their own dreams and making a living decently like regular americans did. Education was not given to them properly around this time they were seperated because of color  during schooling. There was not much education given in the south, so they believed that they should have the rights to have proper teaching, or if they wanted to be well educated, have the ability and decision to have higher education.Juries was made to stop discrimination and if negro-americans ever made a fault in their actions, whites should have the same punishments so as to being equal towards torment and hatred.They believed that all men were created equal, even though they had different rights for certain things. In many ways, they helped and supported the African American people in slavery. They stood as great supporters from year 1896 to 1954.

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