<I>Oliver W. Hill, Jr. Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 17, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Dr. Oliver White Hill Jr., American, born 1949
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Oliver White Hill Sr., American, 1907 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Howard University, American, founded 1867
label: Subject of
content: Thurgood Marshall, American, 1908 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Charles Hamilton Houston, American, 1895 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
label: Subject of
content: Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
label: Subject of
content: Robert Parris Moses, American, 1935 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Algebra Project, American, founded 1982
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0102
place: label: Place collected
content: Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.102.1a-e
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 1 hr., 13 min., 30 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 118.04 GB