Negro World (Knoxville)

Not to be confused with Negro World, the international newspaper.
Negro World
Weekly Negro World
New South
PublisherPatterson, Elms & Co.
Founded1887 (1887)
LanguageEnglish
CityKnoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

Negro World, also known as the Weekly Negro World, was an African American newspaper published in 1887 in Knoxville, Tennessee.[1] It was published by Patterson, Elms & Co.[2] During a two-week period it was issued daily as an advertising medium.[3] In 1893, the paper's name changed to New South, and Joseph M. Trigg served as the publisher.[4]

Irvine Garland Penn was a correspondent for the paper.

See also

References

  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.
  4. ^ "The Republican Leader at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. July 26, 1894. p. 1.


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