Niagara Movement Begins Timelines: Catto Postscript
Niagara Movement, led by W.E.B DuBois and Monroe Trotter, begins with its first meeting at Niagara Falls. 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.