Robert A. Hill (historian)

Robert A. Hill
BornOctober 1943 (age 80–81)
Kingston, Jamaica
EducationSt George's College;
University of London;
University of Toronto;
University of the West Indies, Mona
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
Known forThe Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

Robert A. Hill (born October 1943)[1] is a Jamaican historian and academic who moved to the United States in the 1970s.[2] He is Professor Emeritus of History and Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Visiting Fellow at The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica.[3]

A leading scholar on Marcus Garvey, Hill has lectured and written widely on the Garvey movement, and has been editor-in-chief of The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers for more than 30 years. Reviewing the first volume in 1984, Eric Foner wrote: "'The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers' will take its place among the most important records of the Afro-American experience."[4]

Hill is also literary executor of the estate of C. L. R. James[5] and General Editor of The C.L.R. James Archives, Duke University Press.[3]

  1. ^ Beyond All Boundaries: Celebrating the Extraordinary Life, Work, and Legacy of Robert A. Hill, UCLA Department of History.
  2. ^ "Robert A. Hill papers, 1933-2001", ArchivalCollections, Columbia University Libraries.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Robert Hill Biography", 11th Annual Symposium, Walter Rodney Foundation, 15 February 2014.
  4. ^ Eric Foner, "Roots of Black Power", The New York Times, 5 February 1984.
  5. ^ "Robert A. Hill papers, 1933–2001". Columbia University Libraries Archival Collection.