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The Niagara Movement of 1905: A Look Back to a Century Ago

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Over a century ago in February 1905, thirty-two African Americans met secretly in the Buffalo home of Mary B. Talbert to discuss the resolutions that would become the Niagara Movement. This group invited fifty-nine selected "African American businessmen to a meeting that summer in western New York. On July 11 thru 14, 1905 on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, twentynine met and formed a group called the Niagara Movement" ("Founders of the Niagara Movement at Niagara Falls."). The name "Niagara Movement" allegedly came from the location of the meeting, along with the ...

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