American Decades
Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings
Testimony
By: Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill
Date: 1998
Source: Thomas, Clarence, and Anita Hill. Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings. Reprinted in Marcus, Robert, and Anthony Marcus, eds. On Trial: American History Through Court Proceedings and Hearings. St. James, N.Y.: Brandywine, 1998, 205, 210–212, 217, 219–220.
About the Authors: Clarence Thomas (1948–) graduated from Yale Law School, worked for John Danforth, the attorney general of Missouri, and then was head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). He was nominated to the federal appeals court in 1990, and to the Supreme Court in 1991. Anita Hill (1956–) graduated from Yale Law School and worked as Thomas's assistant at the EEOC. She taught at Oral Roberts University, the University of Oklahoma College of Law, and Brandeis University.
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