Transcript Niagra Movement

Niagara Movement
1905 - 10
Opposing Discrimination
• Two approaches to fighting racism emerged. Some advocated
accepting segregation and learning skills to rise up, others believed
African American should strive for full rights immediately.
• Two leaders represented these groups.
Booker T. Washington
• Born into slavery
• Believed African Americans had to
accept segregation for the moment
• Believed they could improve their
condition by learning farming and
vocational skills
• Founded the Tuskegee Institute to
teach African Americans practical
skills
W.E.B. Du Bois
• Believed that African Americans
should strive for full rights
immediately
• Helped found the Niagara
Movement in 1905 to fight for
equal rights
• Members of the Niagara
Movement later founded the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP)
W.E.B. Du Bois
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a professor at Atlanta
University
exasperated by Booker T.
Washington's continued
conciliatory policies towards
whites and his enormous
power within the black
community
The group was representative
of some of the intellectual
elite of the African-American
community
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Manifesto
Declaration of Principles
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Progress
Suffrage
Civil Liberty
Economic Opportunity
Education
Courts
Public Opinion
Health
Employers and Labor Unions
Protest
Color-Line
"Jim Crow" Cars
Soldiers
War Amendments
Oppression
The Church
Agitation
Help
Duties
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The duty to vote.
The duty to respect the rights of others.
The duty to work.
The duty to obey the laws.
The duty to be clean and orderly.
The duty to send our children to school.
The duty to respect ourselves, even as
we respect others.
Questions
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When did the Niagara Movement begin?
What was the significance of the Niagara Movement?
What do the Niagara principles urge with regard to government
action?
What were the major goals of the Niagara Movement?
How did the founders of the Niagara Movement plan to
achieve its goals?
How did the Niagara Movement want to change education in
the United States?
What were the attractions of the Niagara Movement for black
Americans?
In your opinion, have the goals of the Niagara Movement been
achieved in the United States? Explain your view.