W. E. B. Du Bois founded which movement that contributed to the creation of the NAACP?

• A. Niagara Movement
• B. Civil Rights Movement
• C. Black Panther Party
• D. Freedom Riders

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is recognizing an early civil rights effort that directly influenced the organization that would become the NAACP. W. E. B. Du Bois helped launch the Niagara Movement in 1905, a coalition that pressed for full political and civil rights for African Americans and rejected accommodating segregation. Although the Niagara Movement itself was relatively short-lived, it energized Black leaders and white allies and laid the groundwork for a broader organization. That groundwork contributed to the formation of the NAACP in 1909, with Du Bois playing a central role, as the group carried forward the Niagara Movement’s call for equality and used legal challenges and advocacy to push for civil rights.

Other options describe movements or groups that came later or served different roles (the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s–60s, the Black Panther Party, and the Freedom Riders as a tactic within the movement), so they don’t reflect the movement that Du Bois initially founded.