Negro World

Negro World was a weekly newspaper, established in January 1918 in New York City, which served as the voice of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, an organization founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914.

For a nickel, readers received a front page editorial by Garvey, along with poetry and articles of international interest to people of African ancestry. Under the editorship of Amy Jacques Garvey, the paper featured a full page called, "Our Women and What They Think".

Newspaper

The paper had a distribution of upwards of five hundred thousand copies weekly at its peak, which included both subscribers and newspaper purchasers. Monthly, the "Negro World" distributed more copies than the "Messenger", "Crisis" and "Opportunity" (other important African American publications). Colonial rulers banned its sales and even possession in their territories. Distribution in foreign countries was conducted through black seamen who would smuggle the paper into such areas.

The "Negro World" also played an important part in the Harlem Renaissance (or Jazz Age) of the 1920s. It was a focal point for publication on the arts and African American culture, including a poetry page, commentary on theatre and music, and regular book reviews. Romeo Lionel Dougherty, a prominent figure of the jazz age, began writing for the "Negro World" in 1922.

It ceased publication in 1933.

Contributors

Editors and contributors to the Negro World included:

• Zora Neale Hurston,
• Duse Mohamed Ali,
• Amy Ashwood Garvey,
• Amy Jacques Garvey,
• Carter Godwin Woodson,
• W. A. Domingo,
• Hubert Henry Harrison,
• Timothy Thomas Fortune,
• Arthur Schomburg,
• John G. Jackson
• John Edward Bruce,
• William Henry Ferris,
• Rev. George Emonei Carter,
• Norton G. G. Thomas, and
• Eric Walrond.