Derrick Bell
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Derrick Bell was an American legal scholar, civil rights attorney, and pioneering figure in the development of critical race theory who examined how law perpetuates racial inequality.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights attorney
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critical race theorist ⓘ human ⓘ law professor ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-11-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-10-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Duquesne University
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard Law School
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New York University School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oregon School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ critical race theory ⓘ law ⓘ |
| fullName | Derrick Albert Bell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
essays
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fiction ⓘ legal scholarship ⓘ |
| givenName | Derrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critiques of civil rights litigation strategies
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foundational contributions to critical race theory ⓘ interest-convergence thesis ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
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surface form:
civil rights movement
critical race theory ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first tenured African American professor at Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| notableWork |
And We Are Not Saved
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Faces at the Bottom of the Well NERFINISHED ⓘ Race, Racism, and American Law NERFINISHED ⓘ Silent Covenants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| positionHeld |
dean of the University of Oregon School of Law
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professor of law at Harvard Law School ⓘ visiting professor at New York University School of Law ⓘ |
| spouse | Janet Dewart Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theory |
interest convergence
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permanence of racism ⓘ |
| workedFor | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Critical race theory