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 [Derrick Bell threatens to leave Harvard Law School] Original Airdate: 4/24/1990 Length: 00:03:55 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Meg Vaillancourt reports that Derrick Bell (Professor, Harvard Law School) has announced that he will take a voluntary leave of absence from Harvard Law School until an African American female is granted tenure. Vaillancourt notes that Harvard Law School has only five tenured female professors and three tenured African American male professors on staff. She adds that the student body is 25% minority and 40% female. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Bell speaking at a student demonstration. Bell makes his announcement. Bell adds that it is necessary to make sacrifices to advance one's beliefs. Students applaud Bell. Many students hold protest signs. Three students address the demonstrators. They talk about the lack of minority faculty. Vaillancourt's report also includes footage of Louis Kaplow (Associate Dean, Harvard Law School) speaking at a press conference. Kaplow defends the school's record of minority hiring. Vaillancourt notes that Bell does not know if his act of conscience will have any effect on the school administration. Vaillancourt's report includes footage from May 1988, of Harvard Law School students occupying the dean's office to protest the lack of minority faculty. This tape includes additional footage of the student demonstration at Harvard Law School. Contributor : Reporter Meg Vaillancourt
Subject : Keywords Affirmative action programs Universities and colleges Subject : Personal Names Bell, Derrick Kaplow, Louis Vaillancourt, Meg Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Harvard University Subject : Geographic Locations Cambridge (Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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