Derrick Bell
(1930-2011)
American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist
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Derrick Albert Bell Jr. (November 6, 1930 – October 5, 2011) was an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist. In 1971, he became the first tenured African-American professor of law at Harvard Law School, and he is often credited as one of the originators of critical race theory along with Richard Delgado, Charles Lawrence, Mari Matsuda, and Patricia Williams. 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.
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6 November 1930 Hill District of Pittsburgh
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5 October 2011 (aged 80) New York, New York, U.S.
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