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Alvin Holmes
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
from the 78th district
In office
1974–2018
Personal details
Born(1939-10-26)October 26, 1939
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
DiedNovember 21, 2020(2020-11-21) (aged 81)
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materAlabama State University
Faulkner University
Professionreal estate broker, professor

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]

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