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This interview features Afrique Kilimanjaro, the current managing editor of the Carolina Peacemaker (One of Greensboro's oldest black newspapers) and daughter of its founders, sitting down with Anna Freeman, a UNCG Public History master's student. They discuss Afrique's background growing up around Greensboro and the Peacemaker, as well as how she found herself a part of it's management. Kilimanjaro discusses the nature and importance of community journalism as well as her parent's and the Peacemaker's role in the community while she was growing up. During this interview, Afrique also discusses the impact of the Greensboro Massacre on her family and the community, as well as the future of the newspaper. Overall, this interview contributes to the Civil Rights narrative of Greensboro as well as the history of the Carolina Peacemaker and its continued impact. This oral interview was conducted as part of the Unsung Heroes project through UNCG, by both Anna Freeman and Anna-Dixon Harkey.