{"id":4797,"date":"2022-02-22T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T22:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2022-02-22T16:55:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T22:55:08","slug":"the-people-series-discusses-the-legacy-of-derrick-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/22\/the-people-series-discusses-the-legacy-of-derrick-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"The People Series Discusses the Legacy of Derrick Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"505\" src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4995-1024x505.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4995-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4995-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4995-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4995.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Provided by Center for Diversity &amp; Inclusion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bell-0221.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Center for Diversity &amp; Inclusion and DREAM Resource Center hosted an online conference to give insight into the legacy and work of Derrick Bell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Derrick Bell is one of the founders of Critical Race Theory. He was selected in honor of Black History Month because many people don\u2019t know about his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bell was a legal scholar, professor, teacher, lawyer, and civil rights activist. He was the first black tenured professor at Harvard and was also a part of the NAACP.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1930 and Graduated from highschool in 1948, where he was elected Vice President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Duquesne University, he became the school photographer. After college, he was in the RNPC but had to go service in Korea, where he applied to Law school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the New York Times, he was better known for resigning from prestigious jobs. He quit the civil rights division of the justice dept rather than resign from the NAACP; in 1998, at Harvard, he took an unpaid leave of absence and vowed not to return until the school added a black female to its tenured faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bell was a pioneer in his profession as a black man, and he was the first but said he wouldn\u2019t be the last. Bell was described as a maverick, a person who is fearless in challenging authority.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference attendees discussed the importance of Derrick Bell\u2019s activism, legacy, and work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Derrick Bell\u2019s legacy lives on in many ways, including in his book \u2018Race, Racism and American Law, which today I regarded as a standard textbook in law schools around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The People Series will discuss Bell Hooks on March 3rd from 2 pm &#8211; 3:30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is Felix Balderas with Vaquero Radio.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Diversity &amp; Inclusion and DREAM Resource Center hosted an online conference to give insight into<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,6],"tags":[303,305,304,301,299,302,308,306,273,26],"class_list":["post-4797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brownsville","category-edinburg","category-radio","tag-bell","tag-critical","tag-derrick","tag-derrick-bell","tag-diversity","tag-legacy","tag-naacp","tag-race","tag-series","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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