Negro World

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The Negro World was a significant newspaper that served as the journalistic organ for Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). T. Thomas Fortune, a prominent Black journalist, edited the Negro World from 1923 until his death in 1928.1

The UNIA, founded by Marcus Garvey, was dedicated to promoting racial pride, economic self-sufficiency, and the establishment of an independent Black nation in Africa. While Garvey's movement had a strong appeal, particularly in urban Black communities in the U.S. North after his arrival in Harlem, New York City, in 1916, it also faced criticism from other Black leaders. Despite not achieving its goal of transporting people to Africa, the UNIA's influence was widespread and is considered a forerunner of Black nationalism.2

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