Garvey founded the UNIA in July 1914, and within the organization's first few years had started publishing Negro World.[6]
Monthly, Negro World distributed more copies than The Messenger, The Crisis and Opportunity (other important African-American publications). Colonial rulers banned its sales and even possession in their territories, including both British Empire and French colonial empire possessions.[6][7] 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 Amy Jacques Garvey the paper featured a full page called "Our Women and What They Think".
Negro World also played an important part in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The paper was a focal point for publication on the arts and African-American culture, including poetry,[8] 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.[9]
Contributors
Notable editors and contributors to Negro World included: