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Norman Hill (born April 22, 1933 inSummit, New Jersey[1]) is an American administrator, civil rightsactivist and labor leader. He attendedHaverford College inPennsylvania and received a bachelor's degree in 1956 in the field ofsociology. He was one of the first African-Americans to graduate from Haverford. After college, Hill served in the military. After returning from military service, he moved toChicago to join theCivil Rights Movement. He also pursued a master's degree at the University of Chicago School of Social Welfare, but he dropped out in favor of more direct social action. Hill was appointed Chicago Coordinator for the Civil Rights Movement, and held various positions in projects around Chicago. These includedYouth March for Integrated Schools, Secretary of Chicago Area Negro American Labor Council, and Staff Chairman of the Chicago March Conventions.
Another endeavor Hill joined was theCongress of Racial Equality. In this organization, Hill was first the East Coast Field Secretary and then moved his way up to the position of National Program Director. As National Program Director, Hill coordinated the route 40desegregation of restaurants, the Waldorf campaign, and illustrated the civil rights demonstration that took place at the1964 Republican National Convention.
Between 1964 and 1967, Norman Hill held the positions of Legislative Representative and Civil Rights Liaison of theIndustrial Union Department of theAFL-CIO. He was involved in the issue of raising minimum wage and overseeing the labor delegation on theSelma to Montgomery marches againstracial discrimination in politics and voting in the southern United States.
In 1967, Hill became active in theA. Philip Randolph Institute. He began as Associate Director, but later became Executive Director, and finally President. In 1968, while Hill was Associate Director, in response to theassassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, he coordinated and organized the Memphis March. In his career at the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Hill created over two hundred local chapters of this organization across the United States.
In 1969, Norman Hill also had a lead role in the controversial movieBurn!, starringMarlon Brando andEvaristo Marquez and directed byGillo Pontecorvo. The movie's plot concerns a secret "agent provocateur" who arrives to manipulate aslave revolt on the fictionalPortuguese colony of Queimada in theLesser Antilles.[2]
The barber chair was empty as I entered. The barber... ignored the skinny black kid who was sitting quietly, waiting patiently. That kid was Norman Hill, a sophomore, one of the tiny number of African-Americans in Haverford's student body then.
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