Source: Chelsea Floyd, SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 1/4/21

A group of North Carolina farmers are re-writing the narrative around Black farmers working with cotton. The founder says the goal is to bring wealth into the Black community by creating a culture around cotton. Black Cotton, a home decor company, utilizes raw cotton to make centerpieces, jewelry, and accessories. The founder Julius Tillery is a fifth-generation farmer and Chapel Hill graduate who inherited the land that belonged to his family for generations. He owns 50 acres of cotton.

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