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During his speech at the NAACP's (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) convention in Houston, Holder -- the nation's highest-ranking lawyer -- equated the requirement of a government-issued ID to confirm one's identity at a polling place to a "poll tax."
But Derryck Green of the Project 21 black leadership network says Holder is wrongfully accusing Texas of violating the 24th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in his lawsuit.
"Texas isn't saying that only minority voters have to show proof of ID; the law says everybody who's going to vote has to show ID -- so the law applies to everybody equally," Green explains. "So the fact that he's suing based on the Voting Rights Act to me shows that he's trying to inject the racial element into a situation where it doesn't need to be, and it's not there."
The Project 21 spokesman points out that Holder's new anti-voter ID strategy came on the second day of trial in Texas' lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice's effort to block enforcement of that state's new voter ID law. Holder pledged an "aggressive" fight against that measure.
"He's using blacks to circumvent, to undermine the credibility of our electoral system to possibly passively advocate for voter fraud," Green contends. "Now, I can't say that for sure, but it seems to me that's what he's doing."
The convention also adopted an "emergency resolution," committing the NAACP and its members to "strongly support" the attorney general's efforts, especially regarding voting rights. The resolution calls him one of the best attorneys general ever.
Project 21 is joined by other African-Americans who are not pleased with the NAACP these days.The Coalition of African-American Pastors (CAAP), headed by Rev. William Owens, held a press conference at the convention to challenge the NAACP for following the lead of President Obama in endorsing same-gender "marriage." (Listen to audio report)
Obama, he says, "has taken us down a bad path, a bad, immoral path. My purpose in being here and having a news conference was to let the NAACP know and the president know that we do not endorse their ungodly practices."
He points out that the needs of blacks are already enough to keep the NAACP busy without endorsing same-gender marriage.
"Blacks in America are behind every other group of people -- we have more black young men in prison than in college. We're lagging behind in education. We're lagging behind in jobs, economics," Rev. Owens notes. "And for the NAACP to come out and endorse same-sex marriage is a straight-out disgrace."
And since the NAACP was founded by pastors, the CAAP president suggests that the organization needs to return to its roots, which is to stand with the black church on marriage and stand on the Word of God. The coalition has launched a petition drive to gain public support and send that message to the NAACP and the White House.
But Derryck Green of the Project 21 black leadership network says Holder is wrongfully accusing Texas of violating the 24th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in his lawsuit.
"Texas isn't saying that only minority voters have to show proof of ID; the law says everybody who's going to vote has to show ID -- so the law applies to everybody equally," Green explains. "So the fact that he's suing based on the Voting Rights Act to me shows that he's trying to inject the racial element into a situation where it doesn't need to be, and it's not there."Story continues below ...
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The Project 21 spokesman points out that Holder's new anti-voter ID strategy came on the second day of trial in Texas' lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice's effort to block enforcement of that state's new voter ID law. Holder pledged an "aggressive" fight against that measure.
"He's using blacks to circumvent, to undermine the credibility of our electoral system to possibly passively advocate for voter fraud," Green contends. "Now, I can't say that for sure, but it seems to me that's what he's doing."
The convention also adopted an "emergency resolution," committing the NAACP and its members to "strongly support" the attorney general's efforts, especially regarding voting rights. The resolution calls him one of the best attorneys general ever.
Project 21 is joined by other African-Americans who are not pleased with the NAACP these days.The Coalition of African-American Pastors (CAAP), headed by Rev. William Owens, held a press conference at the convention to challenge the NAACP for following the lead of President Obama in endorsing same-gender "marriage." (Listen to audio report)
Obama, he says, "has taken us down a bad path, a bad, immoral path. My purpose in being here and having a news conference was to let the NAACP know and the president know that we do not endorse their ungodly practices."He points out that the needs of blacks are already enough to keep the NAACP busy without endorsing same-gender marriage.
"Blacks in America are behind every other group of people -- we have more black young men in prison than in college. We're lagging behind in education. We're lagging behind in jobs, economics," Rev. Owens notes. "And for the NAACP to come out and endorse same-sex marriage is a straight-out disgrace."
And since the NAACP was founded by pastors, the CAAP president suggests that the organization needs to return to its roots, which is to stand with the black church on marriage and stand on the Word of God. The coalition has launched a petition drive to gain public support and send that message to the NAACP and the White House.
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