The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights explores Black intellectual society at the turn of the century, a class rarely presented. It examines the heated debate among Black elite on how to best uplift the race. It captures the conflict between Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois who found themselves on opposite sides of how to secure equality for their community.
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The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights
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The early battle between Black civil rights leaders over the path to secure equality. (56m 49s)
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The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights is presented by your local public television station.
Distributed nationally by American Public Television