''Negro World'' was the newspaper of the Marcus Garvey's

Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) is a black nationalist fraternal organization founded by Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant to the United States, and Amy Ashwood Garvey. The Pan-African o ...

(UNIA). Founded by Garvey and

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, the newspaper was published weekly in

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, and distributed internationally to the UNIA's chapters in more than forty countries. Distributed weekly, at its peak, the ''Negro World'' reached a circulation of 200,000. Notable editors included Marcus Garvey, T. Thomas Fortune,

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, W.A. Domingo and

Amy Jacques Garvey Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey (31 December 1895 – 25 July 1973) was a Jamaican-born journalist and activist. She was the second wife of Marcus Garvey. She was one of the pioneering female Black journalists and publishers of the 20th century.< ...

Background

Garvey founded the UNIA in July 1914, and within the organization's first few years had started publishing ''Negro World''. Monthly, ''Negro World'' distributed more copies than '' The Messenger'', ''

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'' (other important African-American publications). Colonial rulers banned its sales and even possession in their territories, including both

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possessions. Distribution in foreign countries was conducted through black seamen who would smuggle the paper into such areas. ''Negro World'' ceased publication in 1933.

Content

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

the paper featured a full page called "Our Women and What They Think". ''Negro World'' also played an important part in the

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of the 1920s. The paper was a focal point for publication on the arts and African-American culture, including poetry, commentary on theatre and music, and regular book reviews. Romeo Lionel Dougherty, a prominent figure of the Jazz Age, began writing for ''Negro World'' in 1922.

Contributors

Notable editors and contributors to ''Negro World'' included: * Duse Mohamed Ali *

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* Wilfred Adolphus Domingo *

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* Timothy Thomas Fortune *

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* John G. Jackson *

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References

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