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January 17, 2023
A memorial service was planned Tuesday for Tyre Nichols, whose death after a confrontation with police in Memphis has led to…
Attorney Ben Crump Holds Press Conference With Family Of Jalen Randle
January 12, 2023
Richard “Randy” Cox, who is paralyzed from the chest down, is being represented by civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
November 23, 2022
Affectionately named “Black America’s attorney general,” Ben Crump is presented with theGrio Awards' Justice Icon trophy.
November 10, 2022
Lawyer Ben Crump has been dubbed "Black America's attorney general," leading the fight against police violence and systemic racism.
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October 12, 2022
The Biden administration reacted to the lawsuit filed by Black farmers with a statement from the United States Department of…
August 27, 2022
Nancy Davis was denied an abortion, even though her fetus has a rare and fatal condition, due to state law…
July 5, 2022
The DOJ is considering whether to seek the death penalty against the Buffalo suspect accused of murdering 10 African Americans.
Civil screening at 2022 American Black Film Festival
June 18, 2022
Civil, the Netflix documentary about famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump, received a standing ovation at the American Black Film…
June 3, 2022
The upcoming Netflix documentary produced by Kenya Barris is set to premiere later this month, and theGrio has a first…
May 28, 2022
Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff visited a memorial outside the Tops Friendly Market after the funeral.
May 24, 2022
Attorney Ben Crump penned an op-ed saying it's been two years, and we haven’t gotten the George Floyd police reform…
Henrietta Lacks thegrio.com
May 19, 2022
Lacks’ cells were an integral part of the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
May 4, 2022
Deon January's son, DeAndre Morrow, was only in the Amazon facility struck by a tornado because he was called into…
Companies fail at diversity
April 25, 2022
Attorney Ben Crump has joined a class-action lawsuit against Wells Fargo & Co., accusing the mortgage lender of discrimination. 
Attorney Benjamin Crump, Breonna Taylor's mother Tamika Palmer and co-counsel Lonita Baker
March 15, 2022
Attorney Ben Crump tells theGrio the DOJ is "investigating all possible civil rights violations" in the police killing of Taylor.
Travyvon Martin thegrio.com
February 26, 2022
Ben Crump, who served as the attorney for Trayvon Martin's family, and U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson spoke exclusively to theGrio.
February 26, 2022
After his first high-profile civil rights case in 2006, Ben Crump is now a familiar presence at almost every major…
February 25, 2022
The killing of this baby-faced, hoodie-wearing, unarmed Florida youth at the hands of a stranger still reverberates after a decade.
February 20, 2022
“I don’t understand why they arrested him and not me,” the boy told the news outlet. “I say, that was…
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February 18, 2022
Attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Z’Kye Husain, a Black 8th grader who was forcefully detained…