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- Derrick Bell, legal scholar and teacher, was the first Black law professor at Harvard Law School to achieve tenure and one of the first African American deans in a non-historically Black law school. Bell was also a founder of an academic model called critical race theory.
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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.
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.
Biography of Professor Derrick Bell. The Early Years: The Making of the Intellectual and Activist. Derrick Albert Bell, Jr. was born on November 6, 1930 in Pittsburgh, the eldest of four children. At an early age, Derrick’s parents, Ada Elizabeth Childress Bell, a homemaker, and Derrick A. Bell, Sr., a millworker and department store porter ...
Sep 13, 2021 · As an attorney, Derrick Bell worked on many civil-rights cases, but his doubts about their impact launched a groundbreaking school of thought, Jelani Cobb writes.
Nov 15, 2013 · Derrick Bell, legal scholar and teacher, was the first Black law professor at Harvard Law School to achieve tenure and one of the first African American deans in a non-historically Black law school. Bell was also a founder of an academic model called critical race theory.
Dec 1, 2004 · Derrick A. Bell, Jr. Biography. 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 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...
