<P> The Niagara Movement was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter . It was named for the `` mighty current '' of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls , near Fort Erie , Ontario , was where the first meeting took place in July 1905 . The Niagara Movement was a call for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement , and it was opposed to policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African - American leaders such as Booker T. Washington . </P>
<P> The Niagara Movement was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter . It was named for the `` mighty current '' of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls , near Fort Erie , Ontario , was where the first meeting took place in July 1905 . The Niagara Movement was a call for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement , and it was opposed to policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African - American leaders such as Booker T. Washington . </P>
what was the main goal of the niagara movement
what was the main goal of the niagara movement
opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement
opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement