Cherry et al. is a term used to refer to the group of seven prominent African American scholars and activists who wrote the influential book The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life in 1994. The seven authors are Charles Murray, Richard J. Herrnstein, Robert J. Sternberg, Linda S. Gottfredson, Thomas J. Bouchard Jr., Arthur R. Jensen, and J. Philippe Rushton. The term 'Cherry et al.' is derived from the last names of the authors, with the exception of Murray, whose last name was omitted. The crossword solution REDS refers to the first letter of each of the authors' last names: Rushton, Herrnstein, Jensen, Sternberg, Gottfredson, Bouchard, and Murray.