Er ist Autor zahlreicher Artikel und Bücher zum Thema Critical Race Theory, von denen viele in Co-Autorenschaft mit seiner Frau Jean Stefancic entstanden.
Bücher
Richard Delgado, Laura Lederer:The Price we pay: the case against racist speech, hate propaganda, and pornography. Hill and Wang, New York 1995, ISBN 978-0-8090-1577-1.
Richard Delgado:The Rodrigo chronicles: conversations about America and race. New York University Press, New York 1995, ISBN 978-0-8147-1863-6.
Richard Delgado:The coming race war?: and other apocalyptic tales of America after affirmative action and welfare. New York University Press, New York 1996, ISBN 978-0-8147-1877-3.
Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic:Must we defend Nazis? hate speech, pornography, and the new First Amendment. New York University Press, New York 1997, ISBN 978-0-585-34679-3.
Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic:Critical white studies: looking behind the mirror. Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1997, ISBN 978-1-56639-532-8.
Richard Delgado:When equality ends: stories about race and resistance. Westview Press, Boulder, CO 1999, ISBN 978-0-8133-3578-0.
Richard Delgado, Angela P. Harris, Jean Stefancic, Juan F. Perea, Stephanie M. Wildman:Race and races: cases and resources for a diverse America. West Group, St. Paul, MN 2000, ISBN 978-0-314-22709-6.
Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic:Understanding words that wound. Westview Press, Boulder, CO 2004, ISBN 978-0-8133-4139-2.
Richard Delgado:Justice at war: civil liberties and civil rights during times of crisis. New York University Press, New York City, NY 2005, ISBN 978-0-8147-1956-5.
Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic:The Latino/a condition: a critical reader. New York University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-8147-2040-0.
Richard Delgado:Critical race theory an introduction. New York University Press, New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-8147-2135-3.
↑Einen guten Überblick über die Entstehung der Critical Race Theory gewinnt man im Sammelband Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas:Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement. In: Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas (Hrsg.): Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement. The New Press, New York, ISBN 1-56584-226-X.