"Negro World"[1918-1933]

Was a newspaper,established in January in New York City,which served as the voice of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and Africa Communities League,an organization founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914.For a nickle,readers received a front page editorial by Marcus,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."The paper had a distribution of upwards of five hundred thousands copies weekly at its peak,which included both subscribers and newspaper purchasers.Colonial rulers banned its sales and even possession in their territories.Distribution in foreign countries was conducted through black seaman who would smuggle the paper into such areas.It ceased publication in 1933.