Celebrating Clifford as a Founding
Member of the Niagara Movement

 In August 2006, the National Park Service celebrated the Centennial Anniversary of the first American meeting of the Niagara Movement in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The J. R. Clifford Project hosted a booth at the Centennial to highlight the life of J.R. Clifford and his role as a founding father of the Movement. The celebration included family reunions, concerts, dramatic presentations, speeches, forums, and artistic programs.  The Clifford Project put on two stage performances at the historic Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, located on the Storer College campus, where the 1906 Niagara gathering held its closing session.