Civil Rights Advocate, Law Professor Derrick Bell Dead At 80

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Via New York Times:

Derrick Bell, a legal scholar who saw persistent racism in America and sought to expose it through books, articles and provocative career moves — he gave up a Harvard Law School professorship to protest the school’s hiring practices — died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 80.

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