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Civil Rights Attorney Hill Dies at 100
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Aug 06, 2007 11:10am |
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| News Date | Sunday, August 5, 2007 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | RICHMOND, Va. - Oliver W. Hill, a civil rights lawyer who was at the front of the legal effort that desegregated public schools, has died at age 100, a family friend said.
Hill died peacefully at his home during breakfast, said Joseph Morrissey, a friend of the Hill family.
In 1954, he was part of a series of lawsuits against racially segregated public schools that became the Brown v. Board of Education decision, which changed America's society and touched off a wrenching period for the nation. |
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