Eric Holder at NAACP (laterpost)

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Orlando, July 16, 2013.  Holder on Monday called the death of Martin, an unarmed black teenager, "unnecessary," raising questions about whether he believed Zimmerman, acted in self-defense.  REUTERS/David Manning 

I'm working in reverse order on my posts.... 

Last week I went to the NAACP convention for two days; the first day for Benjamin Todd Jealous and the second for Attorney General Eric Holder.

Some thoughts after the jump....

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Orlando, July 16, 2013.  Holder on Monday called the death of Martin, an unarmed black teenager, "unnecessary," raising questions about whether he believed Zimmerman, acted in self-defense.  REUTERS/David Manning 

Now Ive photographed a few politicians in my day, from state governors to presidential candidates. I'm used to security from Georgia State Patrol to FDLE & Florida Highway Patrol to USSS.  For whatever reason, they really pushed the press back for Mr. Holder's speech and allowed us individually up to the "buffer" (the area referred to between the audience and the speaker) for about 30 seconds to a minute.  Thats pretty unheard of. 

Anyways.... before the speech, I came across this in the lobby.

Hannah Filtch, of Peoria, Il., sings a gospel song outside the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Orlando, July 16, 2013.  Filtch is attending a neighboring convention at the Orange County Convention Center, the Christian Church Disipels of Christ General Assembly.  REUTERS/David Manning