This Day In Black History- Feb. 2

On this day in black history, in 2009, Eric Holder becomes the first black person to be confirmed as the US Attorney General.

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Eric Holder was born on January 21st, 1951 in New York City. He attended Columbia Law School. Holder was an associate judge of the D.C. Superior Court under Reagan; U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., then deputy attorney general under Clinton; and for Obama, Holder was senior legal advisor to his presidential campaign, and is now the first African-American Attorney General in history.

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