Critical race theory was developed by Derrick Bell and other legal scholars in the 1970s and ’80s in part to explain how racism is embedded in legal systems and policies. But in recent years, a ...

What is CRT? When Derrick Bell was asked to define CRT, he had a few things to say: Definition 1: Critical race theory . . . is a new approach to legal theory pioneered by minority scholars.

The teaching of America’s racial history is dividing voters as state governments and federal judges weigh in on what is known as critical race theory. “What we are seeing is that America is ...

This feels strategic: The now-deceased critical race theory scholar Derrick Bell wrote that he hoped the theory would inspire academic “resistance” to America’s ideals of freedom and ...

REF In one of his primary speeches outlining critical race theory, former Harvard Law Professor Derrick Bell quotes fellow theorist John Calmore: “[C]ertain people of color have deliberately ...

The origins of the critical race ... thinkers such as Derrick Bell, Patricia Williams, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, and Cheryl Harris have all contributed to shaping the theory.

Early work on Critical Race Theory, most prominently by Derrick Bell, predated "intersectionality," but was clearly influenced by Marxism in general, and Critical Legal Studies, itself a Marxist ...

critical race theory is an academic movement that first emerged in the 1970s and ‘80s among legal scholars such as Kimberlé Crenshaw, Richard Delgado, and Derrick Bell. But this fact did little ...

“When people fear critical race theory, it stems from this idea that ... His stewardship of the case was particularly inspiring to Derrick Bell, who was then a twenty-four-year-old Air Force ...

Opponents of Critical Race Theory protest outside of the Loudoun ... And legal scholars like the late Derrick Bell, Patricia J Williams, and Kimberlé Crenshaw were readily busting myths about ...

Derrick Bell walks with a group of Harvard Law ... writings are widely credited as being foundational works of critical race theory, a field of legal scholarship that has become a lightning ...

One man– lawyer and scholar Derrick Bell— saw this playing out decades ago. He would become known as the godfather of Critical Race Theory. Bell wasn’t some outsider– he was one of the ...