Civil rights lawyer Oliver White Hill, Sr. who was instrumental in overturning the "separate but equal" laws in Virginia public schools has died at the age of 100.A native of Richmond, Hill worked tirelessly on landmark legal decisions involving equality in pay for black teachers, access to school buses, voting rights, jury selection, and employment protection. He retired in 1998 after practicing law for almost 60 years. Among his numerous awards is the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Bill Clinton in 1999.
"Change is inevitable. Now the question is: Are you going to move the change in a progressive fashion to the benefit of everybody, or are you going to let part of the population regress?"