42 Facts About Anita Hill

Anita Faye Hill was born on July 30,1956 and is an American lawyer, educator and author.

Anita Hill is a professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the university's Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

Anita Hill was born to a family of farmers in Lone Tree, Oklahoma, the youngest of Albert and Erma Hill's 13 children.

Anita Hill's family came from Arkansas, where her maternal grandfather Henry Eliot and all of her great-grandparents had been born into slavery.

Anita Hill received her bachelor's degree in psychology in 1977 from Oklahoma State University.

When Thomas became chairman of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1982, Anita Hill served as his assistant, leaving the job in 1983.

Anita Hill left the university in 1996 due to ongoing calls for her resignation that began after her 1991 testimony.

The hearings were then reopened, and Anita Hill was called to testify publicly.

Anita Hill made a vehement and complete denial, saying that he was being subjected to a "high-tech lynching for uppity blacks" by white liberals who were seeking to block a black conservative from taking a seat on the Supreme Court.

Anita Hill countered that she had come forward because she felt an obligation to share information on the character and actions of a person who was being considered for the Supreme Court.

Anita Hill testified that after leaving the EEOC, she had had two "inconsequential" phone conversations with Thomas, and had seen him personally on two occasions, once to get a job reference and the second time when he made a public appearance in Oklahoma where she was teaching.

Anita Hill described Hill as touchy and apt to overreact, and her work at the EEOC as mediocre.

Anita Hill acknowledged that three other former EEOC employees had backed Hill's story, but said they had all left the agency on bad terms.

In October 2010, Thomas's wife Virginia, a conservative activist, left a voicemail at Anita Hill's office asking that Anita Hill apologize for her 1991 testimony.

Anita Hill initially believed the call was a hoax and referred the matter to the Brandeis University campus police who alerted the FBI.

Anita Hill said the call from Biden left her feeling "deeply unsatisfied".

On June 13,2019, Anita Hill clarified that she did not consider Biden's actions disqualifying, and would be open to voting for him.

On September 5,2020, it was reported that Anita Hill had vowed to vote for Biden and to work with him on gender issues.

Anita Hill continued to teach at the University of Oklahoma, though she spent two years as a visiting professor in California.

Anita Hill resigned her post in October 1996 and finished her final semester of teaching there.

Anita Hill has been a speaker on the topic of commercial law as well as race and women's rights.

Anita Hill is the author of articles that have been published in The New York Times and Newsweek and has contributed to many scholarly and legal publications in the areas of international commercial law, bankruptcy, and civil rights.

In 1995, Anita Hill co-edited Race, Gender and Power in America: The Legacy of the Anita Hill-Thomas Hearings with Emma Coleman Jordan.

In 1997 Anita Hill published her autobiography, Speaking Truth to Power, in which she chronicled her role in the Clarence Thomas confirmation controversy and wrote that creating a better society had been a motivating force in her life.

In 2011, Anita Hill published her second book, Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home, which focuses on the sub-prime lending crisis that resulted in the foreclosure of many homes owned by African-Americans.

Anita Hill calls for a new understanding about the importance of a home and its place in the American Dream.

In 1994, Anita Hill wrote a tribute to Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice who preceded Clarence Thomas, titled "A Tribute to Thurgood Marshall: A Man Who Broke with Tradition on Issues of Race and Gender".

Anita Hill outlined Marshall's contributions to the principles of equality as a judge and how his work has affected the lives of African Americans, specifically African American women.

On October 20,1998, Anita Hill published the book Speaking Truth to Power.

Anita Hill wrote about women judges and why, in her opinion, they play such a large role in balancing the judicial system.

Anita Hill argues that since women and men have different life experiences, ways of thinking, and histories, both are needed for a balanced court system.

Anita Hill writes that in order for the best law system to be created in the United States, all people need the ability to be represented.

Anita Hill discusses the relationship between the home and the American Dream.

Anita Hill exposes the inequalities within gender and race and home ownership.

Anita Hill argues that inclusive democracy is more important than debates about legal rights.

Anita Hill uses her own history and history of other African American women such as Nannie Helen Burroughs, in order to strengthen her argument for reimagining equality altogether.

On September 28,2021, Anita Hill published the book Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.

Anita Hill received the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession's "Women of Achievement" award in 1992.

In 2005, Anita Hill was selected as a Fletcher Foundation Fellow.

Anita Hill serves on the board of trustees for Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vermont.

Anita Hill was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.

On January 7,2017, Anita Hill was inducted as an honorary member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority at their National Executive Board Meeting in Dallas, Texas.