{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"emph\">Ecumenical Minority Bail Bond Fund</span>(EMBBF) was established in 1976 to provide bail for racially ethnic people who were poor, social dissenters or political activists. The Fund covers cases where there is an indication that because of prejudice toward the defendant, the bail process guaranteed by the Constitution is being abused by requiring excessive bail. Money for the fund is donated by NCC communions.</p> <p>The records of the EMBBF, 1981-1989, include meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, memos, planning documents, applications for aid, court papers and budget information. Among the notable cases in which the Fund supplied bail were those of Rita Silk Nauni, a Native American woman accused of killing a police officer and Rene Hurtado, a Salvadoran refugee seeker.</p> <p>The most extensive documentation exists for the case of Eddie Hatcher and Timothy Jacobs, for whom the EMBBF posted bail. In 1988 Hatcher and Jacobs, both Tuscarora Indians, took over the office of <span class=\"emph\">The Robensonian,</span>the daily newspaper of Lumberton, North Carolina. Their actions were calculated to draw attention to the discrimination against Blacks and Indians in Robeson County. The county had a long history of racial discrimination and official corruption and the case brought national coverage to the problems in the area. (Additional information in Robeson County can be found in the papers of the Racial Justice Working Group, in the Subject file on Robeson County and in NCC Sponsored Programs: Consultation on the Crisis in Robeson County 2/89). The papers relating to the Hatcher/Jacobs case, which include correspondence, memos, court documents and clippings, have been filed separately.</p>"}