Marc Lamont Hill
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Hill in 2005 | |
| Born | December 17, 1978 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Temple University (BS) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD) |
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| Employer | CUNY Graduate Center |
| Political party | Green |
| Website | marclamonthill |
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. He 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, and since 2024, has co-hosted The Joe Budden Podcast.
Previously, Hill 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, he 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.