Getting Even with Anita Hill

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Sherrilyn Ifill on Today’s Civil Rights Movement Mar 25, 2022

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On Sherilyn Ifill’s last day as President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Anita Hill interviews Ifill about the LDF’s legacy and her contributions. They talk civil rights – where we are today, where we’re going and what it means to run a modern day civil rights organization.

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Founding Critical Race Theory Mar 18, 2022

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Anita Hill interviews Kimberlé Crenshaw, the legal scholar who coined the terms intersectionality and critical race theory, about the battle over curricula, its impact on students and the political co-opting of critical race theory.

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Reimagining 1991: Behind the Scenes Mar 11, 2022

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Georgetown Law professor Susan Deller Ross was the only member of Anita Hill’s 1991 legal team who had experience in sexual harassment litigation. Hill and Ross discuss the climate around sexual harassment at the time and reveal new information about the hearing.

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Reimagining 1991: An Unheard Testimony Mar 04, 2022

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Sukari Hardnett was one of the witnesses who was never called to testify at Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991. She submitted a sworn affidavit to the Committee, describing the sexual harassment she witnessed while working with Thomas at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. But Hardnett was never contacted by the Committee or its Chair, then-Senator Joe Biden. Hardnett and Hill speak for the first time about Hardnett’s experience of being excluded from this historic hearing and how that impacted her life and the country.

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A New Supreme Court Mar 04, 2022

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What’s on the line as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson begins the Supreme Court confirmation process? Anita Hill and journalist and social critic Marc Lamont Hill discuss the importance of this historic nomination and what it means for representation, justice and equality in the United States. In this series-opening episode, you’ll hear what the appointment of a Black woman to the Supreme Court means for America, and what Getting Even means to Anita Hill.

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Introducing: Getting Even with Anita Hill Sep 24, 2021

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Anita Hill has a lot on her mind. The lawyer, author and educator learned first-hand about our country’s shortcomings, and despite it all, still believes that society’s biggest problems can be solved. On her new podcast, Getting Even, Anita Hill speaks with the greatest thinkers, artists, and activists in the fight today, sharing stories from her life and exploring how we can uphold equality, even when society does not. Coming from Pushkin Industries in March 2022.

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