[3] In 1927, The Standard Advertiser's sports editor Louis Austin acquired a loan from Mechanics and Farmers Bank and purchased the paper.
[6] One notable success that Louis E. Austin had in his fight for equality (of many) was the arrest and conviction of a police officer who assaulted an African-American man.
Austin's progressive stance and use of the paper for advocacy sometimes angered wealthy blacks in Durham, who in turn refused to place advertisements or grant him loans.
[4] On January 14, 1979, the building that housed The Carolina Times was burned to the ground; little survived the blaze, and their entire back stock of papers was destroyed.
[8][9][10] The paper continued to be published by Austin's grandson, Kenneth Edmonds,[11] and is the only black-owned and operated newspaper in Durham.