St. Thomas University honors Benjamin L. Crump – renames law school after him

A South Florida law school has undergone a historic name change, and a couple of famous faces were on hand to commemorate the occasion.

Attendees at Wednesday afternoon’s ceremony at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens received an all-American welcome, as a trumpet player performed “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

After a prayer benediction, the university’s College of Law unveiled its new name: the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law. “I want you all to know that I feel like I’m the most blessed man on the face of the Earth today,” said Crump.

The well-known civil rights attorney made the Time 100 list of most influential people of 2021.

Back in 2012, Crump represented Trayvon Martin’s family in the teen’s fatal shooting. “I just came to salute him,” said Sybrina Fulton, Martin’s mother, “and let him know that I’m proud of him for the work that he not only did for the Trayvon Martin Foundation but that he did for so many other families. I’m very proud of him.”

Crump went on to represent the family of George Floyd, whose death propelled the Black Lives Matter movement.

“Benjamin L. Crump has been referred to as Black America’s attorney general,” said Miami-Dade Commission Chair Oliver Gilbert III.