Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has helped drive nearly $2 million in sales to Black-owned bookstores through his best-selling novel, “Worse Than a Lie,” using his national platform to direct readers and attention to independent shops that serve as cultural and economic anchors in communities across the country.

Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump joined the family of Jada West, the 12-year-old who died days after a fight that erupted at a school bus stop, at a news conference this week.

Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump will join Tamara Lanier, the descendant of the enslaved man known as Renty (“Papa Renty”) and his daughter Delia, and leaders of the International African American Museum (IAAM) for a news conference Wednesday.

Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump is aiding Black book stores in unprecedented ways with the release of his novel, "Worse Than a Lie."

The high-profile civil rights attorney snagged a regional Emmy for producing the short documentary “How to Sue the Klan,” a film that revisits one of the most daring courtroom takedowns of the Ku Klux Klan in modern history.

By Stacy M. Brown Senior Global Correspondent Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump is expanding his body of work beyond the courtroom with the release of his debut fiction novel, “Worse than a Lie,” set for February 17, 2026. The book launches a new legal thriller series built around the character Beau Lee Cooper, a lawyer drawn into a case that begins with a violent traffic stop and spirals into a fight over truth, power, and freedom inside the criminal legal system. “What