The Power of Politics
A look at politicians influenced by Eric Holder.
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Eric Holder: The Power of Politics - Take a look at today's African-American activists who may have been influenced by the success of Eric Holder. Want a small history lesson? Keep clicking!(Photos from left: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for MGM Resorts International, Joe Kohen/Getty Images for LinkedIn, msnbc)
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Alexis Herman - Herman was Secretary of Labor (serving from 2007 to 2001). Herman is the first African-American to be nominated for that position and the fifth woman to be appointed.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for MGM Resorts International)
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DeRay McKesson - We're pretty sure he's taken some cues from Eric Holder, but McKesson is definitely his own kind of revolution. Leading the way for the #BlackLivesMatter campaign, McKesson is now taking his care for our communities to a new level by running to be mayor of Baltimore. (Photo: Joe Kohen/Getty Images for LinkedIn)
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Reggie Love - Reggie acted as President Obama's "body man" (surveyor of all things President Obama) from 2009 to 2011 before heading back to get his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.(Photo: Vincent Sandoval/FilmMagic)
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Cherrell Brown - Community organizer, activist and leader Cherrell Brown takes charge of combating the ideas of anti-Blackness, LGBTQ issues and white supremacy, just to name a few of the issues she tackles..(Photo: Cherrell Brown via Instagram)
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Adrian Malik Fenty - He served as the sixth mayor of the District of Columbia, beginning his term of office on Jan. 2, 2007. Fenty is the youngest person ever to hold the office of District of Columbia Mayor, winning election at age 35 and entering office at 36. (Photo: Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly)
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Tamika Mallory - Tamika D. Mallory is a nationally recognized civil rights leader and anti-violence advocate. She is the NYC co-chair for the Gun Violence Awareness Month Initiative, a statewide program of education and awareness around gun violence intervention and prevention. She's also the national executive director of the National Action Network. (Photo: J. Countess/Getty Images)