Benjamin Harrison Hill was a legislator, teacher, and African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister born in Sidney, Nova Scotia, Canada on November 1, 1903 to Joseph L. Hill, a laborer in the steel mill industry and Anna E. Hill, a servant for a private family. Hill had one sister, Josephine “Josie”, and lived most of his childhood in Pueblo, Colorado where he attended public school. Motivated by a calling to serve God and humanity, Hill studied law at the University of Nebraska and earned a…