Anita Hill

Hill was born in Lone Tree, Oklahoma. She received her undergraduate degree Oklahoma State University in 1977, and her Law 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 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In 1991 Hill accused then-nominee Thomas of having sexually harassed her. Thomas had been Hill's supervisor at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during the Reagan administration. Despite the accusations, the US Senate narrowly confirmed Thomas.

In 1993, David Brock, of the conservative magazine American Spectator, published The Real Anita Hill, a book claiming to provide evidence that Hill had lied during the hearings. In 2001, Brock repudiated his former work, stating that he had distorted the evidence and relied on fabricated information provided by others. He also repudiated his later investigative reports about President Bill Clinton.

She has taught at the Oral Roberts University School of Law, the University of Oklahoma, and Brandeis University. Hill is also an author and public speaker.

Resources

• David Brock, The Real Anita Hill: The Untold Story, ISBN 0-029-04656-4, contains Brock's original attack on Hill.
• David Brock, Blinded By the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, ISBN 1-400-04728-5, gives Brock's mea culpa.
• Anita Hill, Speaking Truth to Power, ISBN 0-385-47627-2, gives Hill's own account.
• Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson, Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, ISBN 0-452-27499-0, was written after The Real Anita Hill and critiques Brock's book. In Blinded By the Right, Brock acknowledges the fairness of their critique.

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