| 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the Niagara Movement, a movement
born of the refusal of African Americans to accept second-class citizenship
in the land of their birth. Against the prevailing program of accommodation
preached by Booker T. Washington, twenty-nine black men gathered near the
Niagara Falls--a symbol of nature's power--with hopes of harnessing the
righteous indignation of a people and a nation to transform the racial
landscape. If much has changed in the past hundred years, it is largely
a result of the rebirth of black protest under the leadership of W. E.
B. Du Bois and Monroe Trotter. From their efforts came ideas,connections,
and institutions in a halting but unbroken sequence that flowed and gathered
and eventually gushed forth in the greatest mass movement ever known in
the United States--the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's.
ASALH has chosen The Niagara Movement: Black Protest Reborn 1905-2005
as its annual theme. It provides the focus for our publications, our
annual conference, and other events. We invite you to join us in studying
and celebrating a hundred years of struggle--a hundred years of progress!
Please browse our site, and learn more about ASALH, the Founders of Black
History Month, and the legacy of Carter G. Woodson.
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