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Holland Thompson was a teacher, state legislator, religious leader, and civil rights advocate in Alabama. He represented Montgomery County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era.

A former slave, he served as a city councilor (alderman?) after the American Civil War. He helped form the Alabama Baptist Missionary Convention and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. He advocated for schools, police, and cemeteries for African Americans.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. Cox, Dwayne (April 8, 2016). The Village on the Plain: Auburn University, 1856–2006. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817319090 – via Google Books.
2. ^ Harvey, Paul (November 9, 2000). Redeeming the South: Religious Cultures and Racial Identities Among Southern Baptists, 1865-1925. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807861950 – via Google Books.

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