The HistoryMakers video oral history with Derrick A. Bell, Jr.

Civil rights lawyer Derrick A. Bell, Jr. was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1930. After earning his A.B. from Duquesne University, he served in the U.S. Air Force in Korea for two years. Upon returning, he earned an L.L.B. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1957. After working fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Bell, Derrick, 1930-2011 (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Bell, Derrick, > 1930-2011 > Interviews.
Bell, Derrick, > 1930-2011.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Law Professor > Civil Rights Lawyer.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 26 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Derrick A. Bell, Jr.
Derrick A. Bell, Jr.
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Civil rights lawyer Derrick A. Bell, Jr. was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1930. After earning his A.B. from Duquesne University, he served in the U.S. Air Force in Korea for two years. Upon returning, he earned an L.L.B. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1957. After working for the Justice Department, Bell was recruited by Thurgood Marshall to work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in 1959. In 1971, he became the first African American tenured professor at Harvard Law School, and later became the first African American dean of the University of Oregon Law School. After resigning in protest from Oregon, he returned to Harvard, but resigned in 1992 over the low numbers of women of color being offered tenure. Bell was a New York Times best-selling author and the recipient of numerous awards. Bell passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of eighty.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:03:26:03
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded New York, New York 2004 December 1.
Source of Description:
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