New on TikTok: The Power of Media in Resistance And his most critical tool, and this builds on his father's legacy, was media. So in 1918, he launched the Negro World Newspaper. We really need to spend a moment on this. This was not just a publication. It was a massive act of cultural, political and economic resistance. It countered colonial lies by running articles on African history and global black achievements. It published the work of black artists and intellectuals. And critically, it was circulated across four continents, often smuggled into countries where colonial governments banned it. It was like a shared curriculum for global black consciousness.

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