Tag: Eric Holder

  • Unrest Over Race Is Testing Obama’s Legacy The New York Times 2014-12-08 Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House Reporter Michael D. Shear, White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — As crowds of people staged “die-ins” across the country last week to protest the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police officers, young African-American activists were…

  • Attorney General Holder is right: Racial animus plays role in Obama opposition Southern Poverty Law Center 2014-07-16 Morris Dees, Founder, Chief Trial Attorney Right-wing pundits are jumping all over Attorney General Eric Holder for daring to suggest on Sunday that “racial animus” plays a role in the “level of vehemence” that’s been directed at President…

  • Nation of Cowards: Black Activism in Barack Obama’s Post-Racial America Indiana University Press 2012-08-14 176 pages 6 x 9 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-253-00628-8 David H. Ikard, Associate Professor of English Florida State University Martell Lee Teasley, Professor of Social Work University of Texas, San Antonio In a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title,…