The Derrick Bell Reader by Richard Delgado

The Derrick Bell Reader by Richard Delgado

An essential collection of the writings of progressive lawyer and race activist Derrick Bell Lawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over 40 years, Derrick Bell provoked his critics and challenged his readers with uncompromising candor and progressive views on race and class in America. A founder of Critical Race Theory and pioneer of the use of allegorical stories as tools of analysis, Bell's groundbreaking work shattered conventional legal orthodoxies and turned comfortable majoritarian myths inside out. Edited and with an extensive introduction by leading critical race theorists Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, The Derrick Bell Reader reflects the tremendous breadth of issues that Bell grappled with over his phenomenal career, including affirmative action, Black nationalism, legal education and ethics. Together, these selections offer the most complete collection of Derrick Bell's writing available today.

"A growing number of scholars have helped us understand the law's impact on both the major events and the minutiae of our daily livesIt's safe to say, however, that few do so with the provocative verve and vigor of Derrick Bell. This volume is a must read for long-time followers of Derrick Bell's work as well as casual readers looking for material that is both intellectually stimulating and entertaining." -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., co-author of The Future of the Race
"Biting, intense, full of dramatic surprises and brilliant insights, Bell's work is the antidote to all the feel-good narratives of racial change." -- Duncan Kennedy, author of Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy
"Derrick Bell's impressive body of scholarship continues to inspire generations of readers by inviting them into an extended conversation between him and a community of people who gave life to his vision and generously shared their own wisdom in search of justice." -- Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres, co-authors of The Miner's Canary
"Finally, the essence of Derrick Bell as a scholar, teacher, and activist is captured in The Derrick Bell Reader. Bell's remarkable career, as a civil rights attorney, scholar on race and justice, and activist promoting the rights of all citizens, is fully addressed. It is a great read." -- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., author of All Deliberate Speed
"For those who agree, or disagree, with Bell's radical departure from accepted racial notions, The Derrick Bell Reader offers plenty to dissect. The book could not have arrived at a better time." -- Brian Gilmore, Howard University School of Law

Richard Delgado, University Professor of Law at Seattle University, is one of the founding members of the Conference on Critical Race Theory. Winner of the Association of American Law Schools' 1995 Clyde Ferguson Award for outstanding law professor of color, he is the author of numerous articles in the law review literature on civil rights and 28 books, including Failed Revolutions, Words that Wound, The Rodrigo Chronicles, and Critical White Studies (Temple).

Jean Stefancic, Research Professor of Law at Seattle University, is the author of leading articles and books on Critical Race Theory, Latino/a scholarship, and social change, including No Mercy: How Conservative Think Tanks and Foundations Changed America's Social Agenda (Temple) and How Lawyers Lose Their Way: A Profession Fails Its Creative Minds.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780814719701
ISBN 10	0814719708
Title	The Derrick Bell Reader
Author	Richard Delgado
Series	Critical America
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nyu Press
Year published	2005-08-01
Number of pages	493
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note	Unavailable