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.

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.

Gregory Davis, a resident dean and African American studies scholar, was removed from his position after years-old social media posts were revived by far-right outlets and amplified during Donald Trump’s second presidency. Harvard confirmed Davis was no longer serving in the role and moved quickly to close the matter, even as Davis and his family were given ten days to vacate university housing during winter.