The Niagara Movement | The Early Battle for Civil Rights

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The Niagara Movement | The Early Battle for Civil Rights explores the Black elite and intellectual society at the turn of the 20th century, a class rarely presented. It examines the heated debate and conflict between W.E.B. DuBois and William Monroe Trotter with Booker T. Washington on how to best uplift the race and secure equality for their community. 0:00 - Introduction 3:00 - The Niagara Movement 5:00 - The Jim Crow Era Begins 6:45 - The Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles 7:30 - Booker T. Washington a Product of the South 10:35 - Washington Delivers the Atlanta Compromise 13:45 - The Plessy Decision Institutionalized Racial Inequality in America 17:15 - W.E.B. DuBois Comes out Against Washington 22:00 - William Monroe Trotter Criticizes Washington 23:10 - Trotter Cofounds The Guardian Newspaper 26:40 - The Boston Riot fuels Nationwide Opposition to Washington 31:00 - Niagara Movement Begins to Organize in Buffalo, NY 36:10 - Women Left Out of the Niagara Movement Initially 38:30 - The Movement Supports a Lawsuit Involving Barbara Pope 43:00 - Rumors Spark Atlanta Riot in 1906 46:40 - Niagara Movement Begins to Fall Apart, Making Room for the NAACP Producer: Larry Hott Find out more about the entire project Visit https://www.wned.org/television/wned-productions/ Visit www.wned.org for more original productions from WNED PBS. This program and channel are made possible by viewers like you. You can support Buffalo Toronto Public Media by making a donation. Thank you! To donate, visit https://www.wnedmembers.org/alleg/WebModule/Donate.aspx?P=WEBYT1&PAGETYPE=PLG&CHECK=d7c8elR8b49PNdBk7doSeRiCxtaFReuS