Atlanta Daily World, Inc.

The ATLANTA DAILY WORLD is an African American newspaper founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1928 by W.A. Scott II. The newspaper began as the ATLANTA WORLD and was published weekly for the first four years. In 1932, it began to be published daily and its name was changed ATLANTA DAILY WORLD. In 1934, after W.A. Scott's death, his brother, Cornelius Adolphus Scott took over the business. C.A. Scott served as the editor and publisher of the ATLANTA DAILY WORLD for 63 years, until his niece M. Alexis Scott assumed that responsibility in 1997. In 1931, the Scott family established the Southern Newspaper Syndicate, and began printing additional black-owned newspapers across the nation. In addition, the company owned and published the MEMPHIS WORLD and the BIRMINGHAM WORLD up until 1970 and 1987, respectively.