Robert A. "Bob" Holmes
Robert A. "Bob" Holmes is an American politician and Georgia legislator.
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Education
Holmes earned a B.S. in political science at Shepherd University in 1964, an M.A. in public law and government at Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in political science at Columbia University at the age of 25.
Academic career
Until his retirement in 2005 from Clark Atlanta University, Holmes was Director of the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy and Distinguished Professor of Political Science..[1]
Political career
Holmes served as a State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly, from 1974 to 2008. In 2006, Holmes was re-elected as a Democrat to his seventeenth term, repreenting the 53rd House district (Parts of Clayton, Fayette, and Fulton Counties). He was a committee member of Appropriations and Rules and served as Chairman of the Education Committee. At that time Georgia was considering the reapportionment of its Congressional district. GLBC wanted three majority black districts. A black State Senator chaired the Senate Reapportionment Committee but the legislature passed a plan with only two majority black districts. That plan did not get clearance from the US Department of Justice under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Then the legislature passed a plan with three majority black district, which was overturned in Miller v. Johnson. Then, the Georgia Senate adopted a plan with one majority black district, which failed to pass the House. A federal court had to adopt a plan to break the impasse. Ultimately, the court adopted a plan with just one majority black district, but all three incumbent black Congressmen managed to be reelected.[1]
Distinctions
Holmes serves on the Board of Directors of the Capital City Bank and Trust, the JOMANDI Theater Company, the Sickle Cell Foundation, the Road Runners Club of America and the Metro-Atlanta YMCA.
Part of Interstate 285 was named in his honor, from Interstate 85 in South Fulton County to Interstate 20.
In 2001 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Shepherd University.[1]
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Further reading
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- Holmes, Robert A., "Reapportionment Strategies for the 1990s: The Case of Georgia", chapter in Race and Redistricting in the 1990's edited by Bernard Grofman Algora Publishing (August 2003) ISBN 978-0-87586-262-0
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