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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.
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.
Oct 6, 2011 · A tribute to Derrick Bell, a legal scholar, writer and activist who helped develop critical race theory and fought for racial justice. Learn about his life, career, achievements and legacy at Harvard Law School.
Nov 8, 2021 · In 1980, Derrick Bell left Harvard Law School. Professor Bell, a pioneering legal scholar who died in 2011 , is often described as the godfather of critical race theory.
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 to...
Nov 4, 2021 · In a 1990 photograph, Derrick Bell, the first tenured Black professor at Harvard Law School, speaks into six microphones as a crowd of students rally behind him. Some students stare...
Oct 6, 2011 · Bell was the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School. He championed the idea that racism was ordinary, not exceptional, in American life. He died Wednesday in New York...
