In 1988, two armed Native American men occupied a newspaper office in a rural North Carolina community. In an effort to raise the alarm on corruption and institutionalized racism in their community, they took 17 hostages and demanded to negotiate with the governor. Decades later, the small town is still grappling with the events surrounding that day. Featuring: Sarah Nagem, staff writer at Border Belt Independent and contributor at The Assembly Links: Check out Sarah Nagem’s features on The Robesonian takeover at The Assembly and Border Belt Independent. You can find a transcript of the episode here.
