An Invite to All from the Town of Fort Erie
Posted July 5th, 2025 on Niagara At Large
A Brief Foreword About the Niagara Movement –
The Erie Beach Hotel in Fort Erie, Ontario, before it was destroyed by fire in 1930, was the site of the founding meeting in 1905 of the Niagara Movement, the forerunner of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) which continues to fight for equal rights and racial freedom and freedoms in the U.S.A. to this day.
The Niagara Movement (NM)[2] was a civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group of activists—many of whom were among the vanguard of African-American lawyers in the United States—led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. The Niagara Movement was organized to oppose racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Its members felt the policy of accommodation and conciliation, without voting rights, promoted by Booker T. Washington, was “unmanly.” It was named for the “mighty current” of change the group wanted to effect and took Niagara Falls as its symbol.
The group did not meet in Niagara Falls, New York, but planned its first conference for nearby Buffalo during the week of July 9, 1905. To avoid a possible racist protest, Du Bois instead hired a small hotel across the border in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.[4] The Niagara Movement was the immediate predecessor of the NAACP. – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saturday, July 12, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Waverly Beach Park (Erie Beach)
At the Niagara Movement historic plaque, 271 Helena Street, Fort Erie, ON L2A 5Z7
See you there!
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