Negro World facts for kids

Cover of Negro World, July 31, 1920.

Negro World was an important newspaper for Black communities around the world. It was started by Marcus Garvey and Amy Ashwood Garvey. This newspaper was the official voice of Garvey's group, the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA).

Negro World was published every week in Harlem, New York. It was sent to UNIA groups in over forty countries. At its most popular, the newspaper printed up to 200,000 copies each week! Many important people helped create the newspaper, including Marcus Garvey, T. Thomas Fortune, William H. Ferris, W.A. Domingo, and Amy Jacques Garvey.

The Story of Negro World

Marcus Garvey started the UNIA group in July 1914. Not long after, the Negro World newspaper began. It quickly became very popular.

Negro World printed more copies each month than other important Black publications like The Messenger or The Crisis. Because of its strong messages, some countries that ruled over other lands, like parts of the British Empire and French colonial empire, tried to stop people from reading or even owning the paper. But brave Black sailors helped by secretly bringing the newspapers into these areas. Negro World stopped being published in 1933.

What Was Inside Negro World?

For just a small price, readers could find many interesting things in Negro World. Each paper had a special message from Marcus Garvey on the front page. It also featured poems and articles about important news for people of African heritage from all over the world.

When Amy Jacques Garvey became an editor, she added a full page called "Our Women and What They Think." This page was a special place for women's voices.

Negro World also played a big part in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. This was a time when Black artists, writers, and musicians created amazing works. The newspaper was a key place to read about art and African-American culture. It featured poetry, reviews of plays and music, and regular book reviews. Famous writers like Romeo Lionel Dougherty, known for his work in the Jazz Age, started writing for Negro World in 1922.

People Who Wrote for Negro World

Many talented writers and thinkers contributed to Negro World. Here are some of them: