Edds, a retired journalist, is the author of “We Face the Dawn: Oliver Hill, Spottswood Robinson, and the Legal Team that Dismantled Jim Crow,” released this week by the University of Virginia Press.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Oliver W. Hill, a 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 Sunday ...

"Oliver White Hill was an American of the finest order. Hill's legacy of outstanding service to our country through advancing the cause of freedom for all Americans is a shining tribute to the life he ...

The Gainsboro house where famed civil rights attorney Oliver Hill lived as a boy is on the cusp of becoming a living legacy for him. The Oliver Hill Foundation, with the help of $48,000 from Roanoke ...

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Hill's strong opposition to the discrimination facing African-Americans shaped his career. If Oliver Hill were alive today, I think that he would still find discrimination to be the most challenging ...

Civil rights leaders and law scholars urged future attorneys at the University of Virginia School of Law on Thursday to carry on the legacy of crusading Richmond attorney Oliver W. Hill. Hill, who ...