Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Columbia University School of Law Commencement
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NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following are remarks as prepared for delivery by Attorney General Holder:
Dean Schizer, distinguished faculty, proud parents, family members, friends, and, most importantly, the Class of 2010. Thank you for inviting me to share in this moment and to join you in celebrating all of your accomplishments that have been, and most assuredly will be, achieved.See the full content of this document
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Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Columbia University School of Law Commencement
It is an honor to be back at Columbia Law School - although it's something of a miracle that I ever got into this esteemed school in the first place. During my undergraduate years here in Morningside Heights, I was one of many students on this campus who felt strongly about, well, nearly everything. It was the 70's. During my senior year, several of us took one of our concerns - that black students needed a designated space to gather on campus - to the Dean's office. This being Columbia, we proceeded to occupy that office.
The target of that sit-in was Dean Henry Coleman. He heard us out, led us toward common ground and, eventually, to a compromise. But I'm not sure he was very happy about, shall we say, his forced captivity. In the u...See the full content of this document
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