| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Language | English |
The Carolina Times was founded as The Standard Advertiser in 1921 by Charles Arrant, who died in 1922. In 1927 the newspaper was purchased by North Carolina Central University alumnus Louis E. Austin in Durham, North Carolina. He changed the name to The Carolina Times.[1]
Austin edited and published The Carolina Times from 1927 until his death in 1971. The paper's motto was "The Truth Unbridled." Austin used the paper to publicize racial inequities and to fight for racial equality in North Carolina and throughout the United States.