Derrick Bell

Legal SF / Allegory

USA (deceased) · Era not yet recorded

Themes & subjects

Legal SF, Allegory

Biography

Legal scholar and author (1930-2011) pioneering Critical Race Theory. Space Traders and other speculative parables examining racism through allegorical science fiction. Used genre fiction as legal and philosophical tool.

Recorded works

• Faces at the Bottom of the Well
• Space Traders

Awards & recognition

• Critical Race Theory pioneer

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