Benjamin Crump Joins National Black Justice Coalition

Benjamin Crump

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) proudly announces the appointment of national civil rights attorney Benjamin L. Crump to its Board of Directors.

Crump, founder of the Tallahassee, Florida-based law firm Ben Crump Law, PLLC, has represented a breadth of high-profile clients in some of the most important and contentious social justice cases of our time. He is widely recognized for his fearless pursuit of justice for all people and has built a legacy around the notion that the Constitution applies to everyone at every level of society, including the Black LGBTQ/SGL community.

"NBJC is incredibly pleased to have Attorney Ben Crump join our Board of Directors, particularly given his intersectional advocacy for Black people who have faced any form of discrimination, injustice or unwarranted violence due to their race, sexual orientation or gender identity," said David J. Johns, NBJC Executive Director.

"I often say that ‘for as long as there have been Black people, there have been Black LGBTQ/SGL people,’ and given this truth, it is imperative that we have civil rights leaders who recognize the intersectional oppression our community faces."

Crump has been recognized as one of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, Ebony Magazine Power 100 Most Influential African Americans, and bestowed such covenant as the NAACP Thurgood Marshall Award, the SCLC Martin Luther King Servant Leader Award, the National Urban League’s Whitney Young Award, and the AKA’s Eleanor Roosevelt Award.

He was the first African-American President of the Federal Bar Association for the Northern District of Florida, first African-American Chairman of the Florida State University College of Law Board of Directors, and the first African-American Chair of the Tallahassee Utility Commission.

Mr. Crump is a frequent speaker and author, which includes his critically acclaimed article, “The Police Don’t Shoot White Man in the Back; Representing Minorities in Police Brutality Cases.” His work has been featured in documentaries such as BET’s “I am Trayvon Martin: A Family’s fight for Justice,” NPR’s “How Lawyer Got America Talking About Trayvon Martin,” “Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story,” and the soon to be released, “The Ferguson Cover-Up, the Tragedy Killing of Michael Brown.”

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