Eric H. Holder Jr. received the inaugural NOBLE Award for Leadership in Law Enforcement from the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). President Barack Obama nominated him to be the 82nd United States attorney general in January 2009, the first African-American to hold the post. “Mr. Holder used his tenure at the U.S. Department of Justice to stake out strong and laudable positions on the most contested issues of all times,” NOBLE said.
