Family and Personal Life
Hill began his labor career as a Longshoreman with ILA, Local 1408, Jacksonville. He is the former Secretary-Treasurer of the Florida AFL-CIO, having been first elected in 1995 and served through 2000. In April 2001, he was honored with the esteemed position of Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus of the Florida AFL-CIO. In September 2001, because of his extraordinary commitment and service to the labor movement, he was inducted into the AFL-CIO’s Florida Labor Hall of Fame and presented with the A. Philip Randolph Award. Hill is the youngest inductee, and the first African-American to receive this prestigious honor.
He is a Life Member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity (Theta Phi chapter) and other honors include: Chair of the NAACP Florida State Conference Labor Roundtable; Founder of the Achieve, Instill & Inspire Foundation, which provides scholarships for African American and Latino males to attend college in the field of education; The Humanitarian of the Millennium Award, by One Church One Child, April 2008; The Norman Hill Award, the highest honor from the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, usually reserved for international candidates, July 2009; Elected to a three-year term on the Neighbor To Family Board of Directors, January 2010; The Lester Granger Award from The Montford Point Marine Association, Inc., February 2010; and The Public Official Award Of The Year from the Children’s Home Society in Jacksonville, March 2010.
Hill is a graduate of Jean Ribault Senior High School, Jacksonville; attended Lincoln University, Lincoln, Pennsylvania; graduated from the National Labor College, Silver Spring, Maryland, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Labor Studies. He has received an Honorary Doctorate from Edward Waters College, Jacksonville. He is the middle child of Cordelia and Ernest Hill, Sr., is married to Patricia, the father of four children, five grandchildren and has been a member of the Greater Macedonia Baptist Church for over twenty five years.
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