We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a freeborn American, political, civil and social; and until we get these rights we will never cease to protest and assail the ears of America. The battle we wage is not for ourselves alone but for all true Americans. It is a fight for ideals, lest this, our common fatherland, false to its founding, become in truth the land of the thief and the home of the slave — a byword and a hissing among the nations for its sounding pretensions and pitiful accomplishment.
The excerpt above is from a statement issued by a group of civil rights activists who met near Niagara Falls in 1905 and started the Niagara Movement. Which statement best explains the goals of the Niagara Movement?
A.
They wanted African Americans to accept segregation.
B.
They wanted African Americans to move to Africa.
C.
They wanted African Americans to have the same rights that whites had.
D.
They wanted African Americans to discriminate against white people.