2024 Barristers’ Ball, Attorney Ben Crump, Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band | ABJ Full Episode

The Wolverine Bar Association hosts its 62nd annual Barristers' Ball, a cornerstone event in Detroit's African American legal community. Wolverine Bar Association President Diane Hutcherson and State Bar of Michigan Diversity Director Gregory Conyers talk with host Stephen Henderson about the event and the state of diversity in the field of law. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump discusses the need for justice and equality in contemporary society and making the world a better place for the future during the Charles H. Wright Museum’s “The Wright Conversations” lecture series. Plus, the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival artist-in-residence Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band perform during a special preview of the Labor Day weekend event at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University.