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Derrick Albert Bell Jr. (November 6, 1930 – October 5, 2011) was an American lawyer, legal scholar, and civil rights activist. Bell first worked for the U.S. Justice Department, then the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he supervised over 300 school desegregation cases in Mississippi. After a decade as a civil rights lawyer, Bell moved into ...
Nov 15, 2013 · Derrick Bell Jr. died on October 5, 2011, at the age of 80, in St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City. He was survived by his second wife, Janet Dewart Bell.
Oct 6, 2011 · Derrick Bell, a legal scholar who saw persistent racism in America and sought to expose it through books, articles and provocative career moves — he gave up a Harvard Law School professorship...
Derrick Bell, a distinguished legal scholar, prolific writer and tireless champion for equality, died Oct. 5. He helped to develop critical race theory, a body of legal scholarship that explores how racism is embedded in laws and legal institutions.
Dec 1, 2004 · Derrick Bell passed away on October 5, 2011 at age 80. Derrick Albert Bell, Jr., was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 6, 1930. Bell was offered a scholarship to Lincoln University but was unable to attend because he did not receive enough financial aid.
Oct 22, 2011 · Derrick Bell, a civil rights lawyer and writer who has died of cancer, was the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School. With his provocative views about race, he often found...
Derrick A. Bell, Jr. was a legal scholar, author, and advocate for racial equality. He was the first tenured Black professor at Harvard Law School and his work was instrumental in the development of critical race theory.
