Alvin Holmes

{{Short description|American politician (1939–2020)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name =Alvin Holmes

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| alt =Formerly

| state_house =Alabama

| district =78th

| term_start =1974

| term_end =2018

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| successor =

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| birth_date ={{birth date|1939|10|26}}

| birth_place =Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|21|1939|10|26}}

| death_place =Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.

| profession =real estate broker, professor

| alma_mater= Alabama State University
Faulkner University

| party=Democratic

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ir0fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NdgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=972,1691849|title=Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2019-07-08}}

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

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