Oliver Hill

Oliver White Hill was born in Richmond, VA in 1907. When his parents divorced and his mother remarried, he took the surname of his step-father and became legally known as Oliver White Hill. Hill attended Howard University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, and Howard University School of Law where he earned his law degree and where he became life-long friends with Thurgood Marshall. Hill was instrumental in numerous civil rights cases during his law career, including the notable Brown vs the Board of Education. He worked tirelessly seeking equal rights for all individuals. In 1999 President William Clinton awarded Hill the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He spoke warmly of his "movie career" in his book "The Big Bang: Brown vs Board of Education and Beyond: The Autobiography of Oliver W. Hill, Sr."