| Other author/creator | Hill, Robert Bernard, 1938- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Robert B. Hill |
| Portion of title |
Robert B. Hill |
| Abstract |
Sociologist Robert Hill was born on August 7, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Boys High School in 1956 and earned his B.A. degree in sociology from City College of New York. From there, he earned his Ph.D. degree in sociology in 1969 from Columbia University. In 1969, he was hired to work at the National Urban League where he remained until 1981. In 1972, he published his first book, The Strength of Black Families. From 1981 until 1986, he worked for the Bureau of Sociology and Science Research. From 1986 until 1989 Hill worked as consultant to the White House for the Reagan Administration. From 1989 until 1998, Hill served as research director at Morgan State University. In 1999, He published The Strengths of African American Families: Twenty-Five Years Later. During that same year Hill was offered a position with Westat, a research firm in Rockville, Maryland where he remained. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Rockville, Maryland 2004 August 24. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2004.140 HistoryMakers |
