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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) DU BOIS, W. E. B. The Niagara Movement, Declaration of Principles, 1905. Single sheet of 4to paper, folded to form four pages, printed on three. * Accompanied by a small slip 4 x 6-7/8 inches, stating: 'The Niagara Movement August 15 to 19, 1900. If you have not already done so, it is essential that you inform . . .", followed by a number of contact names. On the reverse of the latter is the following in pencil: 'McDonald, Greener in Program' then 'Errand Boy.' Np, circa 1905-1906
The Niagara Movement (1905-1909) came out of an heroic gathering of America's more radical black leaders. The Get-together was the brainchild of W.E.B. Du Bois and James Monroe Trotter. The meeting was to take place in Buffalo, NY, but the group, consisting of 26 black men, was turned away by hotels because of their color; they instead met at Niagara Falls. The present piece is both an explanation of what the aims and objects of the Movement were as well as an invitation to attend. Quite scarce, only one institution showing holdings: Harvard, with several pieces of ephemera.
