When civil rights giant Oliver W. Hill died Aug. 5 at age 100, the Richmond chapter of the Old Dominion Bar Association already was looking forward to the “Next Hundred Years.”
For several years, the Richmond chapter’s flagship program has been providing scholarships to first-year law students in order to nurture the next generation of civil […]
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Oliver Hill’s Legacy: The next 100 years
October 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · ODBA, Oliver W. Hill
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Oliver Hill dies at 100
August 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Civil Rights, Obituaries, Oliver W. Hill
Retired Richmond civil rights lawyer Oliver W. Hill Sr. died this morning at the age of 100, reports The Associated Press.
Mr. Hill was one of the lawyers in the 1954 landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education. He and his colleague Spotswood W. Robinson represented black students from Prince Edward County. Mr. Hill’s law […]
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