{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"emph\">CORRESPONDENCE, 1980-1989,</span>(1.2 lin. ft.) files reflect the broad scope of Pitts' work within the NCC and with other organizations and agencies with racial and social justice programs. The correspondence is almost exclusively incoming and includes letters, memos, reports, and invitations. Correspondence related specifically to the Racial Justice Working Group and the Ecumenical Minority Bail Bond Fund can be found in those files.</p> <p>Internal NCC correspondence in the form of memos makes up a significant portion of this series. These memos include information on meetings, issues and NCC policy and administration. Also among these are numerous bulletins from other NCC sections and committees, most notably the Church World Service Disaster Response Committee.</p> <p>Outside organizations represented include the Christic institute South, the Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice, the Church Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, the East Coast Farmworker Support Network, the Baptist World Alliance, the United Church of Christ Commission on Racial Justice and the World Council of Churches Programme to Combat Racism. Among the major issues addressed are racism, civil rights, Southern Africa, the rights of Native Americans and Native Hawaiians, the situation of Koreans in Japan, and the condition of farmworkers.</p>"}