Carol Wills Materials on Eddie Hatcher, 1980s-2009

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Carol Wills Materials on Eddie Hatcher, 1980s-2009

1980-2009

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/05668/

Materials collected by journalist Carol Wills on Lumbee activist Eddie Hatcher primarily concerning Hatcher's 1988 trial for holding hostages at the The Robesonian newspaper office in Robeson County, N.C. Materials include letters from Hatcher to Wills, 1988-1989, written from the Robeson County Prison and Wills's notes and writings about the trial.

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Hatcher, Eddie, 1948-2009

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Eddie Hatcher (1948-2009) was a Lumbee activist in Robeson County, N.C. He and Timothy Jacobs said they held hostages at The Robesonian, the newspaper office headquartered in Lumberton, N.C., to draw attention to racism, drug trafficing, and poverty in Lumberton, N.C. and Robeson County. Hatcher was imprisoned a number of times and died in prison on May 1, 2009....