Yes, and Cafe - Episode 11: Giving Voice to the Voiceless

Afrique Kilimanjaro comes from a family with a distinguished history of contributions to the Civil Rights movement. Inspired by interactions with Dr. Martin Luther King, her parents Vicky and John started the Carolina Peacemaker in 1967. Today Afrique continues this legacy as managing editor and publisher of the paper, which has won multiple awards under her stewardship. Afrique speaks on the Yes, and Cafe about the role of the black press in sharing stories that might be overlooked by the mainstream press.  “We’ve been covering stories like this, black lives matter, throughout the decades,” she says. “The folks who are in the black press, we’ve always known that our lives and the lives of people of color who we know really do matter.” Also joining the conversation is Omar Obregon Cuebas, a Greensboro local and former campus leader at UNC Greensboro, who is currently pursuing a pre-med degree in philosophy at Emory University.