Word: belle
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Weld Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell Jr. recently announced his decision to ask the University for one more year of unpaid leave. Bell went on leave in April 1990, threatening not to return until the Law School hired a Black woman. President Neil L. Rudenstine said last week that Bell's request could not be granted...
More than 450 students and faculty packed intoAmes Courtroom yesterday afternoon to hear Jacksongive his support to Bell and the Coalition forCivil Rights activists...
Jackson compared Bell to other great civilrights leaders, like Martin Luther King Jr. andNelson Mandela. Jackson also praised AssistantProfessor of Law Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. forsupporting Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomasconfirmation hearings...
That leaves Bell with only one choice-ending his tenure at Harvard. Bell would be greatly missed at the Law School. But he might actually be able to make a stronger statement about the diversity problem by not being at Harvard...
...CLEAR if this new dimension of dissent will work with the Harvard administration. If the law students or Derrick bell succeed in their legal action, it is not definite that there is anything they can do to force Harvard to hire certain people. There are too many factors--such as the consent of those to whom the University offers jobs--beyond the control of Harvard's faculty hiring committees...