You are listening to a public lecture in which the speaker asserts that the Supreme Court ended the longstanding policy in 1954 of "separate but equal" in Brown v. Board of Education because at the height of the cold war it was important to whites to present to the world that the U.S. government supported civil and human rights. Who is the likely speaker?

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Derrick Bell is known for his critical race theory, which often includes the idea that racial progress in America is driven by the interests of white people. The assertion that the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education was influenced by a desire to present the U.S. in a positive light during the Cold War aligns with Bell's perspective on the interplay between race and legal progress in the United States.

You Are Listening to a Public Lecture in Which the Speaker