Digital Download: Buffalo Hotels and the Niagara Movement: New Evidence Refutes an Old Legend

Buffalo Hotels and the Niagara Movement: New Evidence Refutes an Old Legend

The widely-accepted story of W.E.B. Du Bois’ venue choice for the inaugural meeting of the Niagara Movement cites racial discrimination as the cause. Recent research by local scholars, however, suggests that this was not the case at all.

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