At the dawn of the twentieth century, the outlook for full civil rights for African Americans was at a precarious crossroads. Failed Reconstruction and the Supreme Court's separate but equal doctrine (Plessy v. Ferguson), coupled with Booker T. Washington's accommodationist policies, threatened to compromise any hope for full and equal rights under the law.
"...one of the greatest meetings that American Negroes ever held." W.E.B. Dubois
Last updated: April 6, 2016