And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice

Derrick Bell

Basic Books, Mar 31, 1989 - Social Science - 304 pages

From the pioneering legal scholar and bestselling author of Faces at the Bottom of the Well, a compelling investigation of racial justice in America
In And We Are Not Saved, civil rights activist and legal scholar Derrick Bell employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to probe the foundations of America's racial attitudes and raise disturbing questions about the nature of our society. How have we failed to achieve racial equality, Bell asks--and why? What does this failure mean--for black people and for whites? Where do we go from here? Should we redirect the quest for racial justice? Guided by these questions, Bell aims to provoke discussion that will provide new insights and prompt more effective strategies for pursuing racial justice.

About the author

Derrick Bell (1930-2011) was a civil rights attorney, pioneering legal scholar, professor, and political activist. A full-time visiting professor at New York University Law School for over two decades, he was previously the first tenured African American professor on the faculty of Harvard Law School and the first African American dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. He is also the author of Faces at the Bottom of the Well and several other books.

Bibliographic information

• Title: And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice
• Author: Derrick Bell
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Basic Books, 1989
• ISBN: 046500329X, 9780465003297
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies