A Basic Biographical Sketch: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

Eric H. Holder Jr. holds much suspense in the eyes of the American public since the announcement that President Obama chose him to fill the role of Attorney General. Knowing the impressive biography of Mr. Holder Jr. should put the country at ease, as this man has accomplished much in his career and should prove to be competent and ready to embrace President Obama's call for change. Holder Jr. was born in New York City, where he did not experience the privilege of attending private schools, he studied and worked hard in public school and received a Regents Scholarship from Stuyvesant High School. He continued to work hard after he was admitted to Columbia Law School, where he majored in American History and graduated in 1973. He immediately went into law school at Columbia Law and clerked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Department of Justiceâ

During this time (1993 to today), Holder Jr. has excelled in his leadership in Washington D.C., his philanthropy in his community and beyond, and his special role among African Americans as a powerful and respected force. Holder Jr. worked with much effort to reduce and reach out to victims of domestic violence. He went as far as created a unit within his office to handle such crimes. He, also, worked hard to crack down on hate crimes and crimes that involved weapons. His initiative literally showed when he began initiatives to help in all these areas of crime and punishment. In 1997, Holder Jr. served President Clinton as Deputy Attorney General, making him the first African-American to hold such a powerful position. With this position as number two of all members of the Department of Justice, Holder continued pushing initiatives that helped children and ceased much of the corruption rampant i

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