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Anita Hill and Workplace Sexual Harassment

11 am

In 1991 Senate Judiciary hearings became truly captivating television. Law professor Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. What followed was a political firestorm. We’ll talk to Hill about her decision to step forward, and its legacy over 20 years later. And we’ll hear from the director of a documentary about Hill and the hearings.

Guests

  • Anita Hill, accused US Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991, currently a professor at Brandeis University
  • Freida Lee Mock, filmmaker of documentary ANITA: Speaking Truth to Power 
  • Martha Chamallas, law professor at Moritz College of Law

Event Thursday, Nov 6 at 7 pm, OSU's Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies will screen ANITA: Speaking Truth to Power, followed by a Q & A with Anita Hill and filmmaker Freida Lee Mock.