Faces At The Bottom Of The Well: The Permanence Of Racism

Derrick Bell

Basic Books, Oct 13, 1992 - Social Science - 240 pages

The noted civil rights activist uses allegory and historical example to present a radical vision of the persistence of racism in America. These essays shed light on some of the most perplexing and vexing issues of our day: affirmative action, the disparity between civil rights law and reality, the “racist outbursts” of some black leaders, the temptation toward violent retaliation, and much more.

Contents

• Introduction Divining Our Racial Themes: 1
• A Limited Legacy: 15
• The Afrolantica Awakening: 32

About the author

A lawyer, educator, and writer, Derrick Bell was educated at both Duquesne University and Pittsburgh University. He was the first African American professor to be tenured at Harvard Law School. He was the dean of the University of Oregon Law School and a professor at the New York University Law School. Bell has held such positions as executive director of the Western Center on Law and Poverty at the University of California, counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and deputy director of the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Bell has contributed writing to the following publications: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and UCLA legal journals, Essence, Mother Jones, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, and The Christian Science Monitor. He has written Race, Racism and American Law and the story, Space Traders, which was adapted as a movie for HBO.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Faces At The Bottom Of The Well: The Permanence Of Racism
• Author: Derrick Bell
• Publisher: Basic Books, 1992
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Jun 15, 2011
• ISBN: 0465068170, 9780465068173
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General; Social Science / Discrimination