We are on a journey to justice. Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump is leading the charge.

With the heartbreaking murders of unarmed black citizens, America’s conversation about racial equity has become a global movement. At the heartbeat of that movement are the families seeking justice through Attorney Benjamin Crump. He represents the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Nakia Jones, Danny Ray Thomas and Stephon Clark, as well as the residents of Flint, Michigan.

Traditional media was a powerful ally in the 1960s when America watched in outrage as police attack dogs and high-pressure water hoses were turned on children and adult protestors in Alabama. With a similar understanding of the interplay between civil rights and the social media landscape today, Crump fights in the courtroom and in the court of public opinion.

A renaissance man and media influencer, he is also a producer, documentarian, and author. His production company Brooklyn Media curates scripted narrative content for film, TV and digital media, with a focus on stories of injustice, inequality, and civil rights. Crump sees this as one of the most deliberate ways to affect how juries see people of color.

Inspired by the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Crump's strategic selection of both cases and creative content is embedded in a singular mission - to "shock the conscience" of the American people.

More about Ben Crump

Listed amongst the Most Influential People of 2021 by TIME 100, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 Most Influential African Americans, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, and the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker of the Year, civil rights and personal injury Attorney Ben Crump is referred to as “Black America’s Attorney General.” Benjamin Crump has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers and advocates for social justice, winning a number of record settlements and verdicts for victims and families that have faced injustice. He has worked on some of the most high-profile cases in the U.S., representing the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tyre Nichols, and Henrietta Lacks in a landmark reparations case. Crump also represented the residents of Flint, Michigan, who were affected by the poisoned water of the Flint River, achieving a landmark settlement of $626 million. In 2022, Crump was retained by Randy Cox whose police brutality case reached a record- breaking settlement of $45 million a year later. In the historic case of Tamara Lanier versus Harvard, Crump’s passionate advocacy before the Massachusetts Supreme Court led to them ruling in favor of a Black woman who sued Harvard for the possession of photographs of her enslaved ancestors, which are estimated to be valued at $100 million. Crump currently represents the family of Malcolm X, who filed a landmark lawsuit against the federal government and the NYPD for the conspiracy surrounding Malcolm X’s assassination. Crump’s tireless advocacy has led to legislation preventing excessive force and developing implicit bias training and policies. His book, published in October 2019, Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People, reflects on the landmark cases he has battled, and how discrimination in the courthouse devastates real families and communities. During the consequential year after George Floyd was murdered, Netflix documentary film crews chronicled Crump’s work in the award-winning documentary, Civil. Attorney Crump became the first practicing Black attorney to have a law school named after him when St. Thomas University renamed their law school the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law in 2023. He is the founder and principal owner of Ben Crump Law.