Description:
News program segment by NPR's Donna Carter regarding Eddie Hatcher and
Timothy Jacobs, two Native American civil rights activists who held hostages
at the office of The Robesonian newspaper in Lumberton, North Carolina.
Hatcher and Jacobs were protesting discrimination against minority
communities, specifically Native Americans, in the criminal justice and court
systems of Robeson County. Also covered is deputy sheriff Kevin Stone's
killing of Jimmy Earl Cummings, a Lumbee Indian man.
Creator:
National Public Radio (U.S.) (creator), Carter, Donna. (reporter)
Subject names:
Hatcher, Eddie., Jacobs, Timothy., Cummings, Jimmy Earl.
Topics:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States--20th century., Lumbee Indians--North Carolina--Robeson County., Police corruption--North Carolina--Robeson County.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286443