Negro World (Knoxville)

Not to be confused with Negro World, the international newspaper.
Negro World
LanguageEnglish
CityKnoxville, Tennessee
CountryU.S.

Negro World, also known as the Weekly Negro World, was an African American newspaper published in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1887.[1] It was published by Patterson, Elms & Co.[2] During a two-week period it was issued daily as an advertising medium.[3]

Irvine Garland Penn was a correspondent for the paper.

  1. ^ "History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library Newspaper Database". www.library.illinois.edu.
  2. ^ "The Knoxville Negro World (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1887-1888". Library of Congress.
  3. ^ Gore, George W. (June 26, 1922). "Negro Journalism: An Essay on the History and Present Conditions of the Negro Press" – via Google Books.