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Richard Delgado

Summary

Richard Delgado is a law professor and one of the founders of Critical Race Theory, co-author with Jean Stefancic of Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, the most widely used CRT textbook.

Core Contribution

Co-founded Critical Race Theory as a legal academic movement; his Introduction provides the most accessible academic explanation of CRT principles.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Critical Race Theory
  • law
  • race and law

Notable Works & Achievements

Critical Race Theory: An Introduction

When Equality Ends

The Rodrigo Chronicles

Historical Influences

Derrick Bell Critical Legal Studies

Intellectual Lineage

Critical Legal Studies civil rights law CRT founders

Contemporaries & Peers

Derrick Bell Kimberlé CrenshawJean Stefancic

Minds Influenced

CRT scholarship legal academia CRT public debates

Intellectual Posterity

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