Anita Hill vs Clarence Thomas - 1991+
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- Anita Hill vs Clarence Thomas - 1991+
- Thurgood Marshall: 1st African-American US Supreme Court
- Retired
- Clarence Thomas nominated by G.W Bush
- African-American but Conservative - led to fears that...
- Conservative stance - reverse of Civil Rights gains from Marshal
- Rule against legal abortions (National Organization for Women)
- Only served 2 yrs as federal Judge
- Senate Committee: couldn't decide
- Moved to floor of Senate: Anita Hill comes forward
- Anita Hill, law professor, accuses Thomas with sexual harassment
- When he was the head of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Charged him with inappropriate discussion of sexual acts and pornographic films after refusing to date him
- Media frenzy: Hill's allegations and Thomas's denials
- Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he called the hearing "a high-tech lynching for uppity Blacks"
- the Senate voted: 52-48, confirming Thomas as associate justice of the Supreme Corut
- Thomas's appointment: seen as defeat, yet case had long-term effects
- EEOC: sexual harassment cases x2: 6,127 1991, 15,342, 1996
- More Women politicians: 1992 11 women ran for US senate, 5 won
- EEOC: sexual harassment cases x2: 6,127 1991, 15,342, 1996
- Senate: 98% male
- Thomas's appointment: seen as defeat, yet case had long-term effects
- Media frenzy: Hill's allegations and Thomas's denials
- When he was the head of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
- Anita Hill, law professor, accuses Thomas with sexual harassment
- Moved to floor of Senate: Anita Hill comes forward
- African-American but Conservative - led to fears that...
- Clarence Thomas nominated by G.W Bush
- Retired
- Thurgood Marshall: 1st African-American US Supreme Court
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