Anita Hill

:For the lesbian pastor in Minnesota, see Anita C. Hill

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Anita F. Hill (born July 30, 1956) is known primarily as the former colleague of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, whom she later accused of sexual harassment and using coarse language.

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July 30 - 1956 - Supreme Court - Clarence Thomas - Sexual harassment

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Hill was born in Lone Tree, Oklahoma. She received her undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University in 1977, and her Juris Doctor degree from Yale University in 1980. Upon graduation from law school, she became a practicing lawyer with the Washington, DC, firm of Ward, Hardraker, and Ross. In 1981, she met Thomas, and became his assistant at the U.S. Department of Education. It was during this period, according to Hill's later testimony, that the sexual harassment took place. When Thomas became chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Hill followed him to this new job, joining the Commission's legal staff.

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Lone Tree - Oklahoma - Oklahoma State University - 1977 - Juris Doctor - Yale University - 1980 - Washington, DC - 1981 - U.S. Department of Education - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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When Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1991, Hill's accusations to the FBI that Thomas had used coarse language with her were leaked to the media by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hill, by then on the law school faculty at the University of Oklahoma, testified before the committee about Thomas's alleged verbal harassment (including that he put a pubic hair on a can of Coca-Cola). Thomas made a blanket denial of the accusations, and, after extensive debate, the U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Thomas.

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1991 - Senate Judiciary Committee - University of Oklahoma - Pubic hair - Coca-Cola - U.S. Senate

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In March 1992, the conservative magazine American Spectator published an article by David Brock which claimed Hill had lied during the hearings and infamously stated she might be "a bit nutty and a bit slutty." These charges were expanded into a full length book, The Real Anita Hill, published the next year. Brock later repudiated his comments and apologized to Hill.

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Conservative - American Spectator - David Brock - The Real Anita Hill

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In addition to her position at Oklahoma, Hill has taught at the Oral Roberts University School of Law. As of 2005 she is a professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's Studies at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. Hill is also an author and public speaker.

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Oral Roberts University - As of 2005 - Social Policy - Women's Studies - Brandeis University

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