Derrick Bell — American Educator born on November 06, 1930, died on October 05, 2011

Derrick Albert Bell, Jr. was the first tenured African-American Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and is largely credited as one of the originators of critical race theory. 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... (wikipedia)

My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.
Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.
I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate.
Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.