Differences Of The Niagara Movement And The Black Panthers

The Niagara Movement and The Black Panthers were both groups that fought for equality and civil rights for African Americans. Both groups believed that the United States government, social organizations, and other individuals were infringing the rights of African Americans. They wanted to ensure that African Americans ability to participate in the civil and political life of American society would be possible for all, without discrimination or suppression. Each group made a platform so they would have a set of guidelines for each group 's ideals and ways of operation. For the Black Panthers, it was the Ten Point Program, and for the Niagara Movement, it was the Declaration of Principles. The Black Panthers’ Ten Point Program was comprised

The Niagara Movement was created by W.E.B. Du Bois and was a response to the failure of Booker T. Washington’s tactics and the committee of twelve. The Declaration of Principles was drafted during a meeting at Niagara Falls and was the policies promoted by the top African American leaders. The declaration outlined the group 's ideas to bring about racial equality and change by calling for full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans. It began by first explaining the progress that African Americans have made and then called for equal treatment and opportunity for all American citizens, regardless of skin color. The declaration then ended with the duties they urge African Americans to do like voting or respecting the rights of others.
Both the Declaration of Principles and the Ten Point Program had many similarities despite being years apart, which shows that maybe the

One differences that really stand out to me is the tone of each document. The Ten Point Program really had a demanding tone to it almost like they were yelling, especially with how they made a list and capitialized every letter in each point’s major statement. This would be compared to how the Declaration of Principles seemed like it was very professional and was stating each of their demands in an organized and nice way. There was no point during reading the Declaration of Principles that I felt that it was yelling at me. Another difference was how the Declaration of Principles stated at the beginning the progress that African Americans have accomplished and then at the end it talked about the duties that African Americans should try to accomplish. It stated that the duties upon their people were to vote, respect the rights of others, to work, to be clean and orderly, to send our children to school, and to respect ourselves, even as we respect others. In the Ten Point Program there was no mention of progress or duties beside the ten points that they were