Eric Holder

Eric Holder is one of those figures whose name belongs in the history books. Rising from a middle-class Bronx family of Bajan roots through Stuyvesant and Columbia to become the 82nd U.S. Attorney General, and the first African American to hold the office, he embodies a generation shaped by the civil rights era reaching the very summit of the law. What moves me is the weight of that symbolism paired with real institutional power. His NAACP Image Award reflects a career spent pushing against entrenched barriers. I am always drawn to people who break ceilings, and Holder did it at the heart of American justice.

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Name (English)

Eric Holder

Name (Japanese)

エリック・ハンプトン・ホルダー

Reading

えりっく・はんぷとん・ほるだー

Born

January 21, 1951 (age 75)

Origin

The Bronx, New York, United States

Occupation

judge / lawyer / politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

High school

Stuyvesant High School

University

Columbia University

Awards & achievements

• NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award
• John Jay Award

• Xhttps://x.com/ericholder
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Holder
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312644

Tags

• New York
• judge
• lawyer
• politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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