The author ofFaces at the Bottom of the Wellandthe man behind critical race theory (New Yorker)offers an imaginativeinvestigation ofAmericanrace relations and thedifficultstruggle for racial justice.

InAndWe Are Not Saved,legal scholar and civil rights activist Derrick Bell calls for a deeper understanding of how white supremacy functions in the United States. Bell challenges the idea that significant social, political, and economic progresswas achieved by the civilrightsmovement in the wake of the 1954Brown v. Boarddecision.Througha series offables anddramaticdialoguesmodeled on the grim fairytales of the eighteenth century,Bellexplains the truepervasiveness of racial oppressionwithin the American legal system.Racial inequality, he argues,is an integral part of Americanlaw and society,anditcannot beeasilyreversed through legislation.

Hailed as fascinating (New York Times Book Review) anddaring (Washington Post),thisis a landmark work in the study of race inAmerica.