J. R. Clifford - Niagara Movement

Niagara Movement

Clifford was one of the founding members of the “Niagara Movement,” which was organized and led by W. E. B. Du Bois. The Niagara Movement called for full civil rights for black Americans and an end to legalized segregation, and is recognized as the cornerstone of the 20th Century civil rights movement and the forerunner to the NAACP. Clifford helped organize the first American Niagara meeting in 1906 at his alma mater Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. In 2006, the Niagara Movement's Centennial was celebrated by the National Park Service at Harpers Ferry . The J. R. Clifford Project performed the “J.R. Clifford and the Carrie Williams Case” re-enactment program at the event.