The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights

Sep 22, 2023

0h 57m

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An examination of 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, which led to the Niagara Movement, a short-lived movement that laid the cornerstone of the civil rights movement.

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