| Movie Review | The Journal of American History, 88.3

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Movie Review

Hill vs. Thomas. CBS News, 1997. 45 mins. (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053)

The short CBS film Hill vs. Thomas takes up a riveting moment in recent American history. When U.S. Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall announced his retirement in 1991, President George H. W. Bush named the court of appeals judge Clarence Thomas as his replacement. Thomas's personal story of childhood poverty and of overcoming racism helped shield this extremely conservative nominee from harsh scrutiny in his first appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. 1

Yet, as the Thomas nomination was about to be sent to the full Senate, there was shocking news from Norman, Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma professor of law Anita Hill had raised questions about Thomas's character. She would ultimately reveal in graphic televised testimony before the Judiciary Committee that Thomas had allegedly sexually harassed her when she worked for him at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In a return visit before the committee, Thomas vehemently denied Hill's charges, calling the Senate hearing a "high-tech lynching." . . .

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