Marc Lamont Hill

Marc Lamont Hill
Hill in November 2005
Born (1978-12-17) December 17, 1978 (age 45)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationTemple University (BS)
University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD)
Occupations
  • Academic
  • commentator
  • activist
  • author
EmployerCUNY Graduate Center
Political partyGreen
WebsiteOfficial website

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]

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]

  1. ^ Snyder, Susan (August 22, 2023), Professor Marc Lamont Hill is leaving Temple for CUNY, The Philadelphia Inquirer, archived from the original on September 24, 2023, retrieved September 24, 2023
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Guardian30Nov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).