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Derrick A. Bell

Born

in Pittsburgh, The United States

November 06, 1930

Died

October 05, 2011

Website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Bell

Genre

Law, Critical Race Theory

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Derrick Albert Bell Jr. was the first tenured African-American professor of law at Harvard Law School and is largely credited as one of the originators of critical race theory (CRT). He was a visiting professor at New York University School of Law from 1991 until his death. He was also a dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. [wikipedia]

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Average rating: 4.22 · 3,577 ratings · 368 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism 4.36 avg rating — 1,461 ratings — published 1992 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice 4.21 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform 4.27 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth 3.81 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Derrick Bell Reader by Derrick A. Bell, Richard Delgado (Editor), Jean Stefancic (Editor) 4.52 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confronting Authority: Reflections of an Ardent Protester 3.98 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Race, Racism and American Law 4.22 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1973 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gospel Choirs: Psalms Of Survival In An Alien Land Called Home 3.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Afrolantica Legacies 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shades of Brown: New Perspectives on School Desegregation 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.”
― Derrick Bell, Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth

tags: democracy, equality, ethics, injustice, meritocracy, prosperity, social-justice, success, systematic-oppression

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“Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.”
― Derrick A. Bell, Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism

tags: education, empathy, enlightenment, justice, reform

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“Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.”
― Derrick Bell, Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth

tags: corruption, oppression, power, reformers, social-justice

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