Marc Lamont Hill
*Marc Lamont Hill was born on this date in 1978. He is a Black academic, author, activist, and television personality.
Hill was born and raised in Philadelphia. After graduating from Carver High School, Hill attended Morehouse College, but finished his undergraduate studies at Temple University, where he received his B.S. degree in education and Spanish in 2000. He later earned both an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. From 2005 to 2009, Hill was a professor of urban education and American studies at Temple University. In the fall of 2009, Hill joined the faculty of Teachers College, Columbia University, as an associate professor of education.
He left Teachers College in 2014 to join the faculty at Morehouse College as Distinguished Professor of African American Studies. In May 2017, it was announced that he would be rejoining the faculty of Temple University as the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities, and Solutions. In August 2023, Hill left Temple University to join the CUNY Graduate Center as a professor of urban education. Hill is a founding board member of My5th, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating youth about their legal rights and responsibilities. He is a professor of urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.
Hill worked as a political contributor for Fox News from 2007 until 2009, when he was fired. In 2010, he was the host of the syndicated television show Our World with Black Enterprise. In 2012, he joined Huffington Post as a host of HuffPost Live. In 2018, he was fired from his position at CNN after receiving criticism for remarks he made before the United Nations on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In January 2021, Hill was the host of UpFront on Al Jazeera English, in March of the same year. In 2024, Hill joined The Joe Budden Podcast as a co-host.
