Question

which best describes the purpose of the niagara movement?
○ to support legislation that banned the practice of lynching
○ to support social and political rights for african americans
○ to encourage african americans to move back to africa
○ to encourage african americans to adopt the accommodationist approach

Explanation:

The Niagara Movement, founded in 1905 by W.E.B. Du Bois and others, was a civil rights group focused on demanding full social, political, and economic equality for African Americans, opposing segregation and disenfranchisement. Option A was a specific later focus of groups like the NAACP (which grew from the Niagara Movement), not the core purpose. Option C aligns with back-to-Africa movements like Marcus Garvey's, not the Niagara Movement. Option D refers to Booker T. Washington's accommodationist approach, which the Niagara Movement explicitly rejected.

Answer:

to support social and political rights for African Americans