Speech

By: W.E.B. Du Bois

Date: September 1905

Source: DuBois, W.E.B. "The Niagara Movement." The Voice of the Negro 2, no. 9, September 1905, 619–622. Reprinted in Foner, Philip S., ed. W.E.B. Du Bois Speaks: Speeches and Addresses 1890–1919. New York: Pathfinder Press, 1970, 144–149.

About the Author: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963) was a leading intellectual activist for black rights in the United States and worldwide. After receiving a doctorate from Harvard, Du Bois authored The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches (1903), which established him as a leader in the struggle for black equality. His positions were in sharp contrast to those of Booker T. Washington, the most prominent African American of the time. Du Bois was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and editor of its...