The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Oliver W. Hill

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Oliver W. Hill

11/17/2003; 11/18/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.270

Civil rights lawyer Oliver W. Hill (1907 - 2007 ) took part in the historic Brown vs. the Board of Education Supreme Court case. Hill and his partners in Richmond, Virginia, tried many civil rights cases beginning in 1940; Hill also helped form the Old Dominion Bar Association in 1942, and was elected to the city council of Richmond in 1948. Hill was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 11/17/2003 and 11/18/2003, in Richmond, Virginia. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 51m 38s

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Hill, Oliver W., 1907-2007

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Born Oliver White in Richmond, Virginia, on May 1, 1907, Oliver Hill's legal career helped end the doctrine of "separate but equal." Hill's father left the family when he was still a baby, and when his mother remarried, he took on her new last name. While attending Howard University, his uncle, a lawyer, died, and his aunt gave Hill all of his old legal books. After reading them, Hill decided to become a lawyer and win back the rights that had been denied to so many. He graduated from Howard Law...