Today in History 10/11 (Anita Hill)
(1991) Supreme Court confirmation hearing rivets a nation
Anita Faye Hill is an American attorney and academic. She is a university professor of social policy, law, and women’s studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of Brandeis’ Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the United States Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment.Born: Jul 30, 1956 (age 62) · Lone Tree, OK
Nationality: American
Movies: Anita
Education: Yale Law School · Oklahoma State University · Yale University
Parents: Erma Hill (Mother) · Albert Hill (Father)Highlights
- 1991: She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the United States Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment.
- 1994: In 1994, she 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.
- 1999: In 1999, Ernest Dickerson directed Strange Justice, a film based on the Anita Hill–Clarence Thomas controversy.
- 2008: In 2008 she was awarded the Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award by the Ford Hall Forum.
- 2011: In 2011 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.
- 2017: On December 16, 2017, the Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace was formed, selecting Hill to lead its charge against sexual harassment in the entertainment industry.
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Clarence Thomas is an American judge, lawyer, and government official who currently serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is currently the most senior associate justice on the Court following the retirement of Anthony Kennedy. Thomas succeeded Thurgood Marshall and is the second African American to serve on the Court. Among the current members of the Court he is the longest-serving justice, with a tenure of 9,850 days as of October 11, 2018.Born: Jun 23, 1948 (age 70) · Pin Point, GA
Nationality: American
Spouse: Virginia Thomas (m. 1987) · Kathy Ambush (m. 1971 – 1984)
Children: Jamal Adeen Thomas (Son)
Education: College of the Holy Cross · Yale Law School · Yale University · Conception AbbeyHighlights
- 1975: In 1975, when Thomas read Race and Economics by economist Thomas Sowell, he found an intellectual foundation for his philosophy.
- 1982: In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Thomas Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
- 1987: In 1987, Thomas married Virginia Lamp, a lobbyist and aide to Republican Congressman Dick Armey.
- 1991: Thomas’s formal confirmation hearings began on September 10, 1991.
- 2009: In the 2009 Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder case, Thomas was the sole dissenter, voting in favor of throwing out Section Five of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
- 2011: In his concurring opinion in the 2011 case Michigan v. Bryant, for example, Thomas explains that in deciding whether a statement is testimonial, one must consider the formality of the circumstances in which it was given.
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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(1991) Supreme Court confirmation hearing rivets a nation.
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Oliver Cromwell, having had King Charles I of England executed the previous year, now goes after Ireland and the Royalists who’ve fled there for sanctuary. His New Model Army sacks Wexford, destroying much of a town that was negotiating surrender, and killing many of its inhabitants.1975 | Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night
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Nothing less than the eradication of nuclear ballistic missiles is on the table during a negotiating summit between US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. Their talks will end in an apparent stalemate, but later lead to the groundbreaking INF Treaty.
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(1986) Superpower leaders meet in Iceland's capital
The former French consulate, called Hofdi, was the site of the Reykjavík Summit in 1986
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