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Niagara Movement | The Early Battle for Civil Rights

Niagara Movement | The Early Battle for Civil Rights

The Niagara Movement | The Early Battle for Civil Rights explores the Black elite and intellectual society at the turn of the 20th century, a class rarely presented. It examines the heated debate and conflict between W.E.B DuBois and William Monroe Trotter with Booker T. Washington on how to best uplift the race and secure equality for their community.

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Niagara Movement | The Early Battle for Civil Rights is a local public television program presented by BTPM PBS

Niagara Movement | The Early Battle for Civil Rights

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 46s)

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