▁l yn ched ▁there . ▁Report edly , ▁Rog ers ▁had ▁turned ▁off ▁the ▁main ▁water ▁val ve ▁of ▁a ▁house ▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁his ▁girl friend , ▁who ▁worked ▁there ▁as ▁a ▁domestic ; ▁for ▁this , ▁he ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁attempting ▁to ▁burn ▁down ▁the ▁house , ▁and ▁charged ▁with ▁the ▁capital ▁crime ▁of ▁ar son . ▁The ▁case ▁inspired ▁angry ▁protest s ▁in ▁Boston , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁widely ▁believed ▁that ▁a ▁black ▁def endant ▁could ▁not ▁get ▁a ▁fair ▁trial ▁in ▁the ▁South . ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁Morgan ▁successfully ▁represented ▁black ▁parents ▁in ▁She ff ield , ▁Massachusetts , ▁who ▁refused ▁to ▁send ▁their ▁children ▁to ▁the ▁P lain ▁School , ▁a ▁seg reg ated ▁school ▁for ▁the ▁town ' s ▁ 3 3 ▁black ▁children . ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁subsequently ▁shut ▁down . ▁ ▁Morgan ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁ 2 9 ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Ni ag ara ▁Mov ement , ▁a ▁civil ▁rights ▁organization ▁founded ▁by ▁Du ▁Bo is ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 . ▁Du ▁Bo is ▁chose ▁him ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁chapter . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Butler ▁R . ▁Wilson , ▁William ▁Mon roe ▁T rot ter ▁and ▁others , ▁Morgan ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁Book er ▁T . ▁Washington ' s ▁accommod ation ist ▁approach . ▁Morgan ▁was ▁later ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁Boston ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Association ▁for ▁the ▁Ad van cement ▁of ▁Col ored ▁People ▁( NA AC P ), ▁which ▁was ▁pres ided ▁over ▁by ▁Wilson .