The Niagara Movement Commemoration at Harpers Ferry

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Published for the Members and Friends IN THIS ISSUE: of the Harpers Ferry August 18, 19 & 20 Historical Association Niagara Movement Summer 2006 Commemoration Events Niagara Academic Symposium 1906 - 2006 2006 Park Schedule The Niagara Movement Commemoration of Events at Harpers Ferry The History In August 1906, a momentous event took place on the Storer College Campus in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Little-known and not frequently mentioned in history books, this event and its significance reached far into the new century to lay the groundwork for the formation of the NAACP and the Civil Rights Movement. The Niagara Convention held its first public meeting in the United States on August 15 - 19, 1906 on the campus of Storer College. This August, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will commemorate the 100th anniversary of this historic meeting with a week of activities of Niagarites adopted a constitution and by- Delegates to the Second celebration, inspiration and remembrance. laws, established committees, and wrote the Niagara Movement This event is being hosted by Harpers Ferry “Declaration of Principles” outlining the Conference pose in front of NHP and co-sponsored by the Jefferson future for African Americans. They planned Anthony Hall on the Storer County Branch of the NAACP and the for annual conferences in locations that had College campus on August 17, Harpers Ferry Historical Association. significance to the freedom struggle. 1906 (Harpers Ferry National With failed Reconstruction, the Su- Thirteen months later, they chose Historical Park). preme Court’s separate but equal doctrine, Harpers Ferry as their meeting place. Be- and Booker T. Washington’s accommoda- cause of its scenic beauty, and because John tionist policies, the outlook for full civil Brown had become a symbol of freedom rights for African Americans was bleak at after his 1859 raid on the U.S. Armory and the beginning of the twentieth century. In Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, it was an ideal The picture which appears 1905 W. E. B. Du Bois drafted a call for place to meet. Storer College, for 25 years on our newsletter’s nameplate, “organized determination and aggressive the only school in West Virginia that of- dating from 1803, is one of the oldest prints of Harpers Ferry. action on the part of men who believed in fered African Americans an education Twenty years earlier, in 1783, Negro freedom and growth.” He gathered beyond the primary level, provided a perfect Thomas Jefferson had declared together a group of men with the hope of setting. that this view was “worth a meeting in Buffalo, New York. When re- Among the goals of the movement were voyage across the Atlantic.” fused hotel rooms, they migrated across the freedom of speech and suffrage; they wanted border to Canada and the 29 men met at improved educational facilities, and integra- the Erie Beach Hotel in Ontario. These first continued on page 2 1 Recent Donations: Niagara Commemoration grades K - 12. Two thousand copies will be All-in-One Tours & Continued from Page 1 distributed to local, state, tri-state and urban Cruises, LLC tion of all public facilities. They demanded schools. The guide is in CD Rom format Lancaster, PA that the Constitution be enforced equally with an instructional booklet. It consists of Harvey J. Blumenthal and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend- background information, lesson plans and Tulsa, OK ments be observed. activities for weeklong study, and conforms Guy Cranfill The Niagrites arrived in Harpers Ferry to state and national standards of learning. Martinsburg, WV with passion in their hearts and high hopes This guide has been funded in part by the Heckler & Koch Defense, that their voices would be heard and action West Virginia Humanities Council and a Inc., Sterling, VA would result. Following the Harpers Ferry National Park Service Parks as Classroom John C. Frye conference, the Niagara Movement held grant. Hagerstown, MD Jefferson County Historical three more meetings. Local chapters in Society, Jefferson County, larger cities continued fighting segregation. Academic Symposium - The Academic WV Ultimately, as the first African-American Symposium is scheduled to begin Wednes- Kay Kenney group to protest racial oppression, the day, August 16 at 9:00 a.m. and run until Martinsburg, WV Niagara Movement paved the way for stron- Friday, August 18 at 12:30 p.m. The sympo- Michelle and Patrick King ger groups to carry on. sium will be held in the same buildings that Shenandoah Jct., WV hosted the Niagara Movement 100 years Rita Mihalik The Event ago. Fourteen papers representing original Harpers Ferry, WV Teacher Institute - The centennial event research about the Niagara Movement, the PNGI Charles Town Gam- will begin on Monday, August 14 with a men and women involved and the legacy of ing, LLC, Charles Town, Teacher Institute designed to instruct edu- the movement will be presented. WV cators in the use of the newly-developed Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Niagara Educator’s Guide. A significant and Harvard University, will speak Thursday Niagara Centennial lasting feature of the commemoration, the morning. Dr. Higginbotham’s research and Donations: curriculum guide is designed for use with continued on next page Bank of Charles Town, Charles Town, WV Blacks in Government / Equal Employment Op- Papers Being Presented at the Academic Symposium portunity, McLean, VA • Scot French, The Carter G. Woodson • John H. Spiers, III, Clemson University, Harpers Ferry Historic Town Institute for African-American and Afri- “The Burden of Black Women: The Foundation, Harpers can Studies,“John Brown’s Place in Niagara Gendered Leadership of W. E. B. Du Bois Ferry, WV Movement Iconography” during the Niagara Movement” Town of Harpers Ferry • Ron Armstead, Executive Director, Con- • Connie Park Rice, West Virginia Univer- Harpers Ferry, WV gressional Black Caucus Veterans sity, “J. R. Clifford, His Life and Legacy” Jefferson County Black Braintrust, “The 19th Century Origins of the • Thomas Rodd, Esq. and Justice Larry V. History Preservation Civil Rights Movement: Connecting African Starcher, West Virginia Supreme Court Society, Jefferson County, Americans and Civil War History” of Appeals, “John Robert Clifford of West WV • Dr. Shawn Alexander, Yale University, Virginia—A Niagara Pioneer Speaks to the Jefferson County Chapter, “It is Strike NOW or NEVER”: The Afro- 21st Century” NAACP, Jefferson American Council and the Origins of the • Anita Lambert, Great-granddaughter of County, WV Niagara Movement” Freeman H. M. Murray, one of the Jefferson County Commis- • Dr. David F. Godshalk, Shippensburg Niagara organizers, “Freeman H. M. sion, Jefferson County, University, “Voicing Black Manliness: Murray” WV Georgia’s ‘New Negro Men’ and the • Barbara Nevergold, University of Buffalo, Stephen T. Mather Training Niagara Movement” “From Pan Am Protests to the Niagara Center, Harpers Ferry, • Dr. Blair L.M. Kelley, North Carolina Movement: The Buffalo Connection” WV State University, “Appeal to the Masses: • Dr. Robert W. Williams, Bennett Col- Allan Spears The Niagara Movement and the Popular lege, “Politics, Rights and Spatiality in National Parks Conserva- Efforts to Halt Segregation” W. E. B. Du Bois’ 1906 ‘Address to the tion Assn., Washington, • Connie Park Rice, West Virginia Univer- Country’” DC sity, “Pioneer Women: The ‘Ladies’of the • Dr. Mark A. Thomas, La Salle Univer- continued on opposite page Niagara Movement” sity, “From Plessy to Brown and Beyond: • Kami Fletcher, Texas Woman’s Univer- The Niagara Movement’s Impact on Value 2 sity, “The Invitation Was Lost in the Mail” Transformation in Supreme Court Deci- sions” The “World Famous Count Basie Orchestra” performs on Saturday evening, August 19, at 7:00 p.m. Niagara Centennial and features an original score commissioned especially for the Niagara Centennial. Donations (cont’d): The Park Foundation writing focuses on African American welcome and keynote address by Dr. David New York, NY women in the 19th and 20th centuries. She is Levering Lewis, Professor of History at NYU PNGI Charles Town Gam- the author of Righteous Discontent: The and two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author ing, LLC, Charles Town, Women’s Movement in the Black Baptist of W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race. His WV Church: 1880 - 1920 and co-editor of Afri- address will be followed by the “Cornerstone Jane Tabb Kearneysville, WV can American Lives. Dr. David Levering Program: A Battle for All Americans” pre- West Virginia Humanities Lewis, a distinguished Du Bois scholar, will sented by young people. Council, Charleston, WV deliver the final remarks at the symposium. At 12:30 p.m. actor Fred Morsell will West Virginia Division of Dr. Lewis has twice been awarded the perform “Reverdy C. Ransom and the Spirit Tourism, Charleston, WV Pulitzer Prize for his two-volume biography of John Brown,” in a first-person portrayal. West Virginia State Confer- of Niagara founder W.E.B. Du Bois. The audience then may enjoy an hour-long ence NAACP Branches Attendees will also be treated to the re- gospel concert by the spiritual pioneers of enactment of “J. R. Clifford and the Carrie song, “The Dixie Hummingbirds.” Also at Blues Concert Silent Williams Case” on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram will give a Auction Contributors 4:00 p.m., and to a reception at the Park talk on Rev. John William Dungy at Curtis We thank the following Bookshop during a free Thursday evening in Freewill Baptist Church. Dungy was a great Harpers Ferry businesses the Lower Town. fundraiser for Storer College. for their donations: The highlight of the remainder of the Angler’s Inn Weekend Main Event afternoon will be an insightful panel discus- Grape Expectations Friday, August 18 sion “The Problem of the Twentieth Century Harpers Ferry Books The public weekend event kicks off with will be the Problem of the Color Line: Breaking Harpers Ferry Guesthouse tents opening on the campus Friday at 5:00 Barriers in America,” featuring famous Afri- The Herb Lady p.m. and an opening reception sponsored by can American “barrier breakers” sharing Jackson Rose B&B the National Parks Conservation Associa- their stories. Dr. Lewis will moderate the Ken Norton Antiques tion. Music by Howard Burns at 5:30 will be panel. Molly the Rebel The Outfitters followed by the official opening ceremony Participating will be Juanita Abernathy, Roots & Stems and a half-hour performance by the Shiloh widow of civil rights leader Rev. Ralph The Secret Six Tavern Gospel Choir. Beginning at 8:00 p.m. David Abernathy, Rev. Walter Fauntroy, Vintage Lady Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of late civil rights pioneer and first District of Westwind Pottery civil rights leader, Rev. Ralph David Columbia Delegate to the U. S. House of Abernathy will offer a dramatic presenta- Representatives. Also donating: tion, “Women of Niagara.” The evening Dr. Eddie Henderson, the first African Judy Bolton will conclude with Dr. Michael White’s American to compete in the National Fig- Smithsburg, MD New Orleans Jazz Ensemble performance ure Skating Championship; Monte Irvin, a George Rutherford “African American Music in the Age of pioneer in breaking the color barrier in Ranson, WV Niagara.” major league baseball and member of the The Storer College Alumni National Baseball Hall of Fame; and Cheryl Association Saturday, August 19 White, first African American female profes- Tents open at 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. sional jockey represent barrier breakers from Programming begins at 11:00 a.m. with a the world of sports. 3 continued on next page Current Armory Niagara Commemoration located on the Murphy farm near the Superintendent Continued from Page 3 Shenandoah River. The Niagarites removed Members: Joseph Wilder, barrier breaking musician their shoes and socks as they tread upon Jo (Kuhn) Curtis on Broadway and Don Redman Heritage “hallowed ground” at the fort site. After Brandywine, MD award recipient, currently round out this personal recollections of John Brown by In memory of her son, distinguished panel. Richard T. Greener, Harvard’s first African- Jim Kuhn A reception to honor these men and American graduate, the group then Dr. Robert Johnson, women, and a book and CD signing will marched single-file around the fort singing Harpers Ferry, WV begin immediately following the discussion. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and Additional authors participating in the “John Brown’s Body.” The day ended with a Current Paymaster event will join the panel to personalize stirring oration by Reverdy C. Ransom. Du Members: books and greet visitors. Bois later wrote that Ransom’s speech “led Ronald Jones From 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Dr. MaryNell through its inspiration and eloquence to the Our Lady of Sorrows Morgan of Empire State College, New York eventual founding of the National Associa- School, Farmington, MI will present a program entitled “Sorrow tion for the Advancement of Colored Nancy Myers Songs, Protest Songs and the Souls of Black People.” Harpers Ferry, WV Folk” at Curtis Freewill Baptist Church. This event will be re-enacted and everyone who wishes to participate should Current Master Saturday Evening Music assemble at the Cavalier Heights Visitor Armorers: & the Niagara Suite Center between 6:00 - 6:45 a.m. for trans- Argero & Alfred Alsdorf The remainder of the evening is devoted to port to the Murphy Farm. The participants Harpers Ferry, WV music by the World Famous Count Basie may enjoy a coffee reception 6:00 - 7:15 Kirk Bradley Orchestra directed by William H. Hughes. a.m. sponsored by the Town of Harpers Sanford, NC This entertainment, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Ferry on the farm as they gather for the Donald & Patricia Burgess on the Storer College Campus, will feature walk. The pilgrimage to the fort site will Clarksburg, MD an original score commissioned especially begin at 7:30 a.m. Clark & Ora Dixon for the Niagara Centennial. It will be con- Programming will then move back to Ranson, WV ducted by its composer, Dr. Frank Foster. the Storer College Campus for a Memorial Chris Dove Foster’s three-part piece depicts many Service, followed by a concert “Songs of Harpers Ferry, WV important aspects of the struggle for civil Freedom & Inspiration” by Odetta. Kim & Frank Edwards rights in America. The opening movement The 1906 conference concluded with Edgewood, MD entitled “The Spirit of John Brown” paints a the reading of the “Address to the Country” Scot & Vicki Faulkner picture of the sordid conditions of bondage penned by W. E. B. Du Bois: Harpers Ferry, WV and the famous raid that campaigned to end Alexander & Deborah slavery. In “Conference Time,” the second We will not be satisfied to take one jot or Fleming Harpers Ferry, WV movement of the suite, listeners will hear title less than our full manhood rights. James & Kathleen Goodlive the resolve, jubilation, and anticipation of We claim for ourselves every single right Eureka, CA better times ahead as the dedicated Niagara that belongs to a freeborn American, Wayne Hammond group forges a new direction to ensure political, civil and social and until we get Saxton, PA equality for all. The final movement will be these rights we will never cease to protest Bruce Kramer “The Battle We Wage.” Don’t miss this and assail the ears of America. The Baltimore, MD passionate and unique tribute to the Niagara battle we wage is not for ourselves alone Jim Kirby Movement. but for all true Americans. Reston, Virginia Also Saturday evening, from 8:00 - Everett & Antigone Ladd 10:00 p.m., the famous Preservation Hall During the afternoon of the commemo- Gettysburg, PA Jazz Band will perform on Bolivar Heights. ration, speakers including Dr. Lewis and Dr. Anne Long Du Bois Irvin, granddaughter of W. E. B. Myersville, MD Sunday, August 20 Du Bois will deliver “Reflections of W. E. B. Cynthia Mason The final day of the event will begin early Du Bois,” focusing on his personal life. Dr. Baltimore, MD and mirror a moving experience that took Lawrence Hogan, Professor of History at James Mercury place at the 1906 meeting. On Sunday in Union County College will moderate. Alexandria, VA that year as part of a day devoted to honor- There will be a closing concert from continued on opposite page ing the memory of John Brown, a silent 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. by the Delfeayo Marsalis pilgrimage led by Brooklyn physician Owen Quintet. The day will conclude with the 4 Waller was made to John Brown’s fort, presentation of the Niagara Centennial Plaque to be placed in Mather Training Center, and the traditional group photo on the campus lawn. Copies of this photo may be pre-ordered at the Sales Tent. Youth Discovery Tent Running concurrently with other activities will be the fun-filled Youth Discovery Tent, where young and young-at-heart may participate in hands-on activities such as the “Freedom Quilt” or “Freedom House” projects. Learn about the men and women of Niagara and their fight for freedom. Fred Morsell will talk about how the men of Niagara changed our lives. Musical programs include a performance by Magpie and a presentation of “The Evolution of Music at the Time of the Niagara Movement” by Dr. Michael White. Niagara Sponsors and Kids build a “freedom house,” There will also be a theatrical musical pro- Contributors one of many activities that will duction “I Am One, Send Me!” about the take place at the Youth The Niagara Centennial Committee and Life of “Miss Jennie,” Jane Serepta Dean. Discovery Tent. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park thank all those who have contributed fund- Other Concurrent Activities ing, time and talent to the planning, prepa- There will be something for everyone ration and presentation of this event. Con- Current Master throughout the weekend. View the The tributors and those donating to the Silent Armorers (cont’d): “Great Blacks in Wax” exhibit or the Auction at the Blues Concert are listed in George Miller Du Bois Documentary in Mather Training the side margins of this newsletter. The Bethlehem, PA Center while escaping from the heat. Visit Association thanks the Jefferson County Dr. Steven Nichols the Harpers Ferry Historical Sales Tent on Branch of the NAACP who organized and Shenandoah Junction, the lawn to get your commemorative pins supported the Annual Blues Concert for the WV and ribbons, Niagara medallions, com- last ten years, and Midge Flinn Yost for Linda Parks memorative print, or a book to give organizing this year’s Blues Concert Washington, DC you a better understanding of Silent Auction, and creating the George Rutherford Ranson, WV history during the early part of promotional video about Paul Schmoyer the century. Stop by the Niagara. Orefield PA Post Office kiosk (Saturday We are still currently only 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.) to Jim & Suzanne Silvia accepting donations and Taunton, MA have a cachet or your sponsorships for this event. Maureen Weber program officially can- For more information, Falling Waters, WV celled. Food and beverages please call Debbie Piscitelli Kathryn Wendt will be available on the at 304-535-2078. Chicago, IL plaza close to all events for your convenience. Don’t Note: The above schedule Thanks to all members who miss the opportunity to and information is subject have supported us so gener- join in this special week- to change. Check the ously throughout the year. end at Harpers Ferry Park. official Niagara website at It will be a once-in-a- www.nps.gov/hafe/niagara lifetime experience. and your event program for exact times. Please park at the Cavalier Front and back sides Heights Visitor Center of Niagara Centennial for transportation to all medallion, produced exclusively Niagara Commemoration for the 2006 commemoration. events. 5 2006 Schedule of Events will portray the Grayson “Daredevils,” an 1861 militia unit from the mountains of southwestern Virginia. This militia became part of the 4th Virginia infantry and served under Col. Thomas Jackson, later known as “Stonewall.” The group will display raw recruits of the time with period uniforms, weapons, and camp life for park visitors. SEPTEMBER September 2 – U. S. Marine Band – “Free Country” will perform at the Cavalier Heights Visitor Center from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Free of charge.

September 30 – Hike Harpers Ferry/ National Public Lands Day. Youth Conservation Corps July 22-23 – I Will Follow Them To the (YCC) students help park staff Death: Sheridan’s Soldiers 1864 – Pre- OCTOBER provide living history inter- sents Harpers Ferry as the staging area for pretation in Lower Town Union General Philip Sheridan’s Shenan- October 7 – John Brown’s Legacy: Be- Harpers Ferry. doah Campaign. Members of the reactivated yond the Gallows – Special programs will living history group 11th New Jersey will feature the U.S. Marines who captured demonstrate Union army garrison duties Brown, militia drill, ladies fair booth in such as guard mount parade; searching and support of the local militia, a northern arresting spies, deserters, and traitors; pro- reaction anti-slavery musical performance, a cessing prisoners of war; searching citizens; political rally, and tribute to the former and maintaining military security in an mayor killed in the raid. Diverse views on occupied enemy town. Brown’s actions and his legacy will be shared with the audience. July 29 – Bill Barker as Thomas Jefferson “This Scene is Worth a Voyage Across the October 14 – Mr. Lincoln Returns to Atlantic” (1:00 p.m. – Lower Town). “The Harpers Ferry – With Jim Getty as Object of Your Mission: Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln (1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and the Lewis and Clark Expedition” (3:00 Lower Town). p.m. – Lower Town). October 21-22 – Family Life 1860 in AUGUST Harpers Ferry: The Frederick Roeder Story – Help the living history staff and August 18-20 – Niagara Centennial Com- volunteers crush, shred, and squeeze apple memoration – Join the centennial celebra- cider at Roeder’s Tavern while hearing tion of the Niagara Movement, the corner- about the family’s life and times. Each day a stone of the modern civil rights era. See this special talk and cider making demonstration newsletter for details. will be presented. Learn about Frederick Roeder, a German immigrant and prosper- August 26-27 – Rally For Virginia 1861: ous merchant and what effect the political From Citizens to Soldiers – Presents the turmoil of 1860 played in his life. Southern Grays as a camp of mustering Virginia State Troops during the beginning October 28-29 – The Eyes of the Army: of the Civil War when citizens became The Cavalry – Living History volunteers soldiers and state militia became part of the Company H, Second U.S. Cavalry, will 6 Confederate army. The living history group demonstrate cavalry riding, weapons firing, sabre drill, and bugling. On Saturday and Confederate artillery soldiers. A Sunday, the group will join the ranger- military camp will be open for Harpers Ferry Websites guided tour for a historic weapons firing visitation on the Bolivar Heights demonstration. The setting for this story is Battlefield. Harpers Ferry Historical Association the September 1862 Siege of Harpers Ferry. www.HarpersFerryHistory.org DECEMBER NOVEMBER Harpers Ferry National Historical Park December 2-3 – Prospects of www.nps.gov/hafe November 4-5 – Under Fire: The Battle Peace: A Soldier’s Prayer – Pre- of Harpers Ferry 1862 – Interprets the sents a special program on Yuletide Battle of Harpers Ferry and surrender of the 1864 when Harpers Ferry soldiers attempted Union garrison to General Stonewall Jack- to create their own version of Christmas. son. Artillery firing demonstrations are Programs and activities will feature local scheduled to recall the power of the Con- citizens and soldiers preparing for the Yule- federate artillery that sealed the fate of the tide, a Civil War style Santa Claus dispers- Union soldiers in 1862. Members of Balti- ing presents to the soldiers, a Victorian more Light Artillery, Fredericksburg Light Cotillion, Yuletide confections, and special Artillery and the Liberty Rifles will portray guided walking tours.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Bookshop Returns has also been added between the Bookshop Deborah K. Piscitelli and the original restrooms. By fall we will For those of you who may have visited us in have our “historic” heating and air condi- EDITOR our temporary location, you will be happy to tioning replaced. David T. Gilbert know we returned to our spacious shop on Thanks to all the maintenance staff Shenandoah Street at the end of March. BOARD OF DIRECTORS who helped us throughout the move, and to We thank all of you who supported us dur- Jim Silvia, President park staff at the Visitor Center who worked Wayne Welty, Treasurer ing our stay in small quarters. Please visit us hard to supplement our sales during the Anne Long soon, if you haven’t already. We have a new winter. We are very grateful for all that they Suzanne Silvia ceiling and new lighting, and fresh paint in did to help. Midge Flinn Yost a lovely new color. You won’t notice it, but we also now have fire suppression, and a large steel beam spanning our ceiling and Volunteers Needed for supporting our inventory on the second August Event floor. A bathroom for those with disabilities The Association is looking for volunteers to help sell books, move inventory, help with book signings and receptions, and to sell sodas and snacks during the Niagara event, August 14 - 20. If you have any days available you would like to help us, we will be most grateful. Please call us at 304-535-6881 or email [email protected]. Scheduling for volunteers is beginning now. The Park is also recruiting volunteers to help with a wider array of tasks during the event. To volunteer, call VIP coordinator David Fox at 304-535-6282 or email [email protected]. 8