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Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.
Derrick Bell
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Derrick Bell
Age: 80 †
Born: 1930
Born: November 6
Died: 2011
Died: October 5
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Military Officer
Derrick Albert Bell
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