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  • Oliver W. Hill, Jr. Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Dr. Hill, Oliver White Jr., American, born 1949
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    Hill, Oliver White Sr., American, 1907 - 2007
    Howard University, American, founded 1867
    Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993
    Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
    NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
    Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
    Moses, Robert Parris, American, born 1935
    Algebra Project, American, founded 1982
    Date
    August 17, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 01:13:30
    Description
    The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.102.1a, 2011.174.102.1b, 2011.174.102.1c, 2011.174.102.1d, and 2011.174.102.1e.
    Oliver W. Hill, Jr., Ph.D. discusses his father, civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill. He explains his father's childhood and education in Roanoke, Virginia, how he ended up at Howard University in the 1920s, where he was in the same class as Justice Thurgood Marshall and studied law under Charles Hamilton Houston. In the 1930s Oliver Hill, Sr. reunited with both of them to work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which was focused on challenging segregation laws. Hill, Jr. describes his own experience as a black student integrating a white school in Richmond, Virginia, attending Howard University, becoming a psychology professor at Virginia State University, and working with Bob Moses on the Algebra Project. He also discusses the education of African American children, school reform, and student testing.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0102
    Place collected
    Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    Associations and institutions
    Children
    Civil rights
    Education
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Law
    Political organizations
    Segregation
    Social reform
    U.S. History, 1919-1933
    U.S. History, 1969-2001
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.102.1a-e
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5547f2f49-dc55-4370-8bd8-e63f7be34a24
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