website death_date death_place children birth_place nationality birth_date known_for spouse image article_title education name
http://professorderrickbell.com/ 05 october 2011 new york city , new york , u.s. 3 hill district , pittsburgh , pennsylvania , u.s. american 06 november 1930 critical race theory jewel dewart bell -lrb- circa 1992 -- 2011 -rrb- hairston bell -lrb- died 1990 -rrb- ; janet derrick bell by david shankbone.jpg derrick bell
 a.b. from duquesne university derrick bell
derrick bell

derrick albert bell , jr. -lrb- november 6 , 1930 -- october 5 , 2011 -rrb- was the first tenured african-american professor of law at harvard law school and is largely credited as one of the originators of critical race theory -lrb- crt -rrb- .
he was a visiting professor at new york university school of law from 1991 until his death .
he was also a dean of the university of oregon school of law .
