Benjamin Crump

Benjamin Crump occupies a singular place in American public life, the lawyer who shows up beside grieving families whose names become national reckonings: Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor. What interests me is how he has turned the courtroom into an instrument of social change, giving legal voice to people the system too often ignores. Rising from small-town Lumberton to a Time 100 honoree is no accident; it reflects a deliberate, sustained commitment to civil rights work that wears on a person. I respect advocates who choose the hard, exhausting fights on principle. To me, he is justice made tangible.

Name (English)

Benjamin Crump

Name (Japanese)

ベンジャミン・クランプ

Reading

べんじゃみん・くらんぷ

Born

October 10, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

Lumberton, North Carolina, United States

Occupation

lawyer

High school

South Plantation High School

University

Florida State University

Awards & achievements

• 2021 Time 100

• Official sitehttps://bencrump.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/attorneycrump/
• Xhttps://x.com/attorneycrump
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Crump
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4888443

Tags

• North Carolina
• lawyer

Last updated

2026-06-20

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