A South Florida school has become only the second law school in the nation to bear the name of a Black attorney, and the first named after a practicing attorney. The first was the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, a part of Texas Southern University in Houston. The second is now The Benjamin L. Crump College of Law at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens.
The naming reflects Crump’s work over more than a decade and a half on behalf of Black people who have been killed by police officers, often while they were unarmed.
“Lebron James broke the NBA scoring record last night, and I’m sure Lebron feels like the luckiest man on the face of the earth today,” attorney Crump declared at the dedication ceremony. “But I want you all to know that I feel like I’m the most blessed man on the face of the earth today.”
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