Former Kansas senator Bob Dole was honored at the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award ( civilrights.org ) dinner Wednesday night. Senator Bob Dole, awarded for his role in civil and human rights. Photo CD Brown. Dole is also known for championing the rights of the disadvantaged and the disabled. He spent thirty-five years in Congress beginning in 1960 and was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1971 to 1972. Dole, 92, holds the record as the nation's longest serving Republican leader. He is also known for his role and accomplishments in health care, foreign affairs and deficit reduction. Also honored was former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder was the 82nd, and first African American attorney general serving under the first African American U.S. president Barack Obama, since 2009. Holder came under fire for his stance on Benghazi , the Ferguson investigation and as of late, the so-called war on...
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