Derrick Bell (1930–2011)
Auteur de Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism
A propos de l'auteur
Derrick Bell (1930-2011) was a civil rights attorney, pioneering legal scholar, professor, and political activist. A full-time visiting professor at New York University Law School for over two decades, he was previously the first tenured African American professor on the faculty of Harvard Law afficher plus School and the first African American dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. He is also the author of And We Are Not Saved and several other books. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Derrick Bell
Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform (2004) 99 exemplaires
The Space Traders 4 exemplaires
NYU-CTE: Students Teaching Students 1 exemplaire
Participatory Learning: A Detailed Exposition 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (2000) — Contributeur — 531 exemplaires
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement (1995) — Contributeur — 368 exemplaires
When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories (2002) — Epilogue — 42 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Bell, Derrick Albert, Jr.
- Date de naissance
- 1930-11-06
- Date de décès
- 2011-10-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lieu du décès
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- Duquesne University (BA)
University of Pittsburgh (LLB) - Professions
- lawyer
professor
activist - Organisations
- United States Department of Justice
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Harvard University
University of Oregon
New York University
Western Center on Law and Poverty (University of Southern California Law School) (tout afficher 7)
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Office for Civil Rights)
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Critiques
Derrick Bell is a law professor who is one of the primary originators of critical race theory. Read this book if you want to understand what critical race theory is actually about. Disregard the superficial, self-serving, and deceptive statements from politicians and reports in the media . CRT is not taught in grade schools and high schools.
this classic book was a pioneering contribution to critical race theory scholarship, and it remains urgent and essential reading on the problem of racism in America.
In Faces at the Bottom of the Well, civil rights activist and legal scholar Derrick Bell uses allegory and historical example—including the classic story "The Space Traders"—to argue that racism is an integral and permanent part of American society. This classic book was a pioneering contribution to critical race theory scholarship, and it remains urgent and essential reading on the problem of racism in America.
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- 13
- Membres
- 1,143
- Popularité
- #22,462
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 49
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- 2
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The author is one of the primary originators of Critical Race Theory-- the actual theory, not the distorted nonsense from the right wing politicians and media.… (plus d'informations)