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Ben Crump, Sherrilyn Ifill top Black Lawyers of Decade list Ben Crump (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Kevin RC Wilson) Leading civil rights attorney Ben Crump is ranked No. 1 on Lawyers of Color’s list of the 10 Most Influential Black Lawyers of the Decade. In ranking the attorneys, Lawyers of Color considered each individual’s media reach, legal pipeline influence, social justice policy impact, and the extent to which each inspires. Crump is being honored for the years he has spent fighting for justice for the families of Martin Anderson, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Geor...

Book Gifting Project hopes to donate books written by African American authors Goal is to donate 50 books in February and last updated 2021-02-01 19:50:28-05 LAFAYETTE, La. — A group of community advocates are working on getting children reading and have created a small initiative called the Book Gifting Project. "We were just off for Martin Luther King Day, and some kids just know him for his 'I have a dream speech.' It's time for us to educate our kids. Let's start them young; let's start with reading," said Evangeline Mitchell. So far, it's been a group effort to distribute donated b...