Eric Holder's Legacy
And his legacy continues.
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Making a Change: Eric Holder's Legacy - We've compiled a few milestones from Eric Holder's career to give a full view of just how much impact he's had in the world of politics.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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A League of His Own - In 1969, Holder earned his high school regents diploma and attended Columbia University. You see his young afro?(Photo: Columbia University Archives)
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Reaching Back - In 1974, Holder began attending Columbia Law School while also clerking for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Department of Justice's Criminal Division.(Photo: AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
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About the Law - In 1976, Holder earned his law degree and the Department of Justice gave him a job as part of the attorney general's honors program. (Photo: AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite)
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The Political Co-Sign - In 1988, Holder was nominated by former President Ronald Reagan to become an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. During this time, he presided over hundreds of civil and criminal trials.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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You Can Swear by His Greatness - In 1993, Holder was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. During his four-year term, he created a domestic violence unit, a community prosecution project and a program for restricting gun laws.(Photo: Nancy Andrews/The Washington Post)
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Leader of the New School of Political Thought - In late 2007, Holder joined Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign as a senior legal advisor and later served as one of three members on Obama's vice-presidential selection committee. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Attorney at Law - In 2009 Holder was appointed and confirmed as the 82nd U.S. attorney general in 2009, making him the first African-American attorney general in history.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Helping Us All - In August of 2014, Holder visited Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of the shooting death of an unarmed African-American male by police officer Darren Wilson. With waves of protests and both a police and national guard presence, Holder launched a Justice Department inquiry into the killing, ultimately corroborating Wilson's account of what happened, ruling and declaring that he had not committed any civil rights violations. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)