Black Newspapers Court Furniture Industry

Furniture Today Staff

Eight North Carolina African American community newspapers, with a readership of more than 250,000 households, are appealing to the furniture industry to "help us tell your comfort and value story."

"We want to work with the furniture industry," said Afrique Kilimanjaro, editor of Greensboro's Carolina Peacemaker, a founding member of the North Carolina Black Publisher's Assn. "We are a strong group of community newspapers, providing focused news and information to a loyal demographic wanting and needing furniture and home furnishings."

Published in the Tar Heel state's major population areas, the newspaper group's members include the Carolina Peacemaker; The Carolina Times, Durham; The Carolinian, Raleigh; The County News, Statesville; The Fayetteville Press, Fayetteville; Greater Diversity News, Wilmington; The Wilmington Journal, Wilmington; and The Winston-Salem Chronicle, Winston-Salem.

They are part of a network of 110 newspapers serving millions of African Americans in the United States.

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