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Statement of ABA President Karen J. Mathis on the Death of Oliver W. Hill, ABA Medal Honoree in 2000
CHICAGO Aug. 6, 2007 — “Our nation is more fair and more just today because of the leadership and courage of Oliver W. Hill, who died Sunday at his home in Richmond, Va. In 1940, long before the Supreme Court outlawed “separate but equal” educational systems in Brown vs. Board of Education, Oliver Hill was arguing for and winning equal play for black and white teachers. He stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Thurgood Marshall and other icons of the civil rights movement in using and in leading our legal institutions to achieve justice for people from all backgrounds. Each of us who cherish fairness and freedom and opportunity owes Oliver Hill a debt of gratitude that can only be repaid by continuing to uphold the principles to which he devoted his life.”
