Alvin Holmes Explained

Alvin Holmes
State House:Alabama
District:78th
Term Start:1974
Term End:2018
Birth Date:26 October 1939
Birth Place:Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Death Place:Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Profession:real estate broker, professor
Alma Mater:Alabama State University
Faulkner University
Party:Democratic

Alvin Adolf Holmes (October 26, 1939 – November 21, 2020) was an American politician who served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 78th District from 1974 to 2018. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was African American.

Alvin Holmes was an Alabama Delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention and again to the 1996 Democratic National Convention.[1]

He campaigned to remove the Confederate flag from Alabama's capitol.

Holmes died on November 21, 2020, at the age of 81.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. 2019-07-08.
  2. https://montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2020/11/21/alabama-state-representative-alvin-holmes-dies-montgomery/6377756002/ Alvin Holmes, longtime outspoken Alabama legislator who fought for equality, dies