Oliver Hill, Who Argued Brown V. Board Of Education, Dies At 100

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Oliver W. Hill, the 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. <br/><br/>Hill died peacefully

Sunday, August 5th 2007, 2:29 pm

By: News On 6

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Oliver W. Hill, the 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 at his home during breakfast, said Joseph Morrissey, a friend of the Hill family.

In 1954, he was part of a series of lawsuits against racially segregated public schools that became the Brown v. Board of Education decision, a decision that changed America's society and touched off a wrenching period for the nation.