Abstract
In this 2025 interview, Paul Hill, Jr. reflects on his early life in Cleveland and decision to move to East Cleveland in the early 1980s to raise his children in a predominantly Black community. He discusses his extensive educational background and his early career in the federal government, where he worked on school desegregation, civil-rights compliance, and racial conflict mediation. Hill describes his long tenure as President and CEO of East End Neighborhood House where he expanded youth, family, and community programs. He also recounts his influential scholarship and institution-building, including his book "Coming of Age", and his founding of the National Rites of Passage Institute, which has trained hundreds of adults and impacted more than 10,000 youth nationwide.
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Interviewee
Hill, Paul (interviewee)
Interviewer
Mays, Nicholas S. (interviewer)
Project
East Cleveland
Date
11-11-2025
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
137 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Paul Hill Interview, 11 November 2025" (2025). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 757020.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1420
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