My brother, who is a woodworker, annotated this recent NYT piece on black furniture makers. With his permission, I'm reposting it here for posterity. He went in.
1/11 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/style/opening-the-doors-of-design.html
1/11 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/style/opening-the-doors-of-design.html