The Voice of the Negro was a literary journal aimed at a national audience of African Americans which was published from 1904 to 1907.

The Voice of the Negro was founded by John W. E. Bowen, Sr. and Jesse Max Barber

Jesse Max Barber

Jesse Max Barber was an African American journalist, teacher and dentist.Born to former slave parents, Jesse Max Barber was educated at Benedict College and Virginia Union University, where he was student editor of the University Journal and president of the Literary Society...

 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 in June 1904. It relocated to Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 following the Atlanta Race Riot

Atlanta Race Riot

The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 was a mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, Georgia, USA which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 26, 1906. An estimated 25 to 40 African-Americans were killed along with 2 confirmed European Americans...

 of September 1906, and ceased publication in 1907.

The journal published writing by Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African-American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915...

, as well as work by a younger generation of black activists and intellectuals: W. E. B. Du Bois, John Hope

John Hope

John Hope may refer to:*Sir John Bruce Hope, 7th Baronet, MP for Kinross, 1727–1734, 1741–1747*John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun *John Hope , Scottish surgeon and botanist...

, Kelly Miller

Kelly Miller

Kelly Miller may refer to:* Kelly Miller , also mathematician, sociologist & journalist* Kelly Miller , American hockey player* Kelly Miller , American WNBA player...

, Mary Church Terrell

Mary Church Terrell

Mary Church Terrell , daughter of former slaves, was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. She became an activist who led several important associations and worked for civil rights and suffrage....

, and William Pickens

William Pickens

William Pickens was an African American orator, educator, journalist, and essayist. He was born in Anderson County, South Carolina.-Biography:...

. It featured poetry by James D. Corrothers

James D. Corrothers

-Works:* The Snapping of the Bow, 1901* The Black Cat Club, 1902* At the Closed Gate of Justice, 1913* In Spite of the Handicap, 1916-External links:*Errin Jackson, , blackpast.org...

, Georgia Douglas Johnson

Georgia Douglas Johnson

Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson was an American poet and a member of the Harlem Renaissance.-Early life and education:...

, and Paul Lawrence Dunbar.