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The Niagara Movement of 1905: A Look Back to a Century Ago
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Afro - Americans in New York Life and History
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July 1, 2008
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"Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life."- W. E. B. Du Bois
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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