Lawyer who Argued Brown vs. Board of Education Dies
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Oliver W. Hill, the civil rights lawyer who was at the front of the legal effort that desegregated public schools, has died at age 100, a family friend said.
Hill died peacefully at his home during breakfast, said Joseph Morrissey, a friend of the Hill family.
In 1954, he was part of a series of lawsuits against racially segregated public schools that became the Brown v. Board of Education decision, a decision that changed America’s society and touched off a wrenching period for the nation.
