Marc Lamont Hill
American academic, writer and activist (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marc Lamont Hill (born December 17, 1978) is an American academic, author, activist, and television personality. He is a professor of urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.[1]
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Born | (1978-12-17) December 17, 1978 (age 45) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Education | Temple University (BS) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD) |
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Employer | CUNY Graduate Center |
Political party | Green |
Website | Official website |
Hill is the host of UpFront on Al Jazeera English, VH1 Live! on VH1, and Basketball Wives reunion shows. He is also a BET News correspondent. Previously he was the first host of the syndicated television show Our World with Black Enterprise, the host of HuffPost Live, and a political commentator for CNN and Fox News. In November 2018, Hill was fired from his position at CNN after receiving criticism for remarks he made before the United Nations on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. CNN gave no reason for the firing.[2][3]