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The Niagara Falls convention was a meeting of twenty-nine activists, held at the Erie Beach Hotel, Fort Erie, Ontario, on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, from July 11 until 14 July 1905. It was the first meeting of The Niagara Movement, a group of African-Americans, led by W. E. B. Du Bois, John Hope, and William Monroe Trotter. Instrumental in forming the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The subsequent Niagara Conference was held the following year at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

References

1. "African American Registry: The Niagara Movement founded". aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1005/The_Niagara_Movement_founded. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-04-06.
2. Coard, Michael (6 July 2022). "The Niagara Movement, a precursor to NAACP, fought for economic and civil rights | Michael Coard". Pennsylvania Capital-Star.
3. Sernett, Milton C. (1997). Bound for the promised land : African American religion and the great migration. Durham, NC : Duke University Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8223-1984-9.
4. "The Niagara Movement at Storer College Historical Marker". hmdb.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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