Ben Crump’s Courtroom Doc Earns Emmy Honor

Ben Crump just added some fresh hardware to his shelf.

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.

Crump, along with filmmakers Cameron S. Mitchell and Raji Ramanathan and director John Beder, co-produced the 35-minute documentary, which won in the Outstanding Short Form Documentary category at the 40th Midsouth Emmy Awards in Nashville. The award, handed out by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Midsouth Chapter, marks the latest honor for the project…

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