HNBA and Leaders Meet with White House Staff to Discuss Judicial Vacancy Crisis
Hon. Celeste I. Villarreal, HNBA Vice President of External Affairs
Hon. Celeste I. Villarreal, HNBA Vice President of External Affairs
By Celeste I. Villarreal, HNBA VP – External Affairs “Let us continue.” With these words, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder invoked President Lyndon B. Johnson, the visionary architect of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1962. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKVhodv9zpE. Addressing an audience of approximately eight hundred persons in the halls of [...]
“Under increasing pressure from civil rights groups to take action against a wave of state voter identification laws, Attorney General Eric Holder issued a public warning Tuesday that the new laws could disenfranchise minority voters, but he stopped short of promising the broad legal crackdown many activists are seeking.” HNBA Vice President of External [...]