In 1916, in order to ease the tension between those who sought an immediate end to segregation and racial injustice and those who counseled patience and accommodation, W. E. B. Du Bois and his white ally, Joel Spingarn, organized:
A) a celebration of the life of Booker T. Washington.
B) the Amenia Conference.
C) the Niagara Movement.
D) the NAACP.
Answer: B
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