Kelly Alexander Jr.

Kelly Miller Alexander Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 6, 2024) was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 107th district from 2009 until his death in 2024. During the 2015 legislative session, Alexander was one of 22 African Americans in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Early life Alexander was the son of NAACP chair Kelly Alexander Sr. and nephew of civil rights activist Frederick Alexander.

He attended West Charlotte High School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at UNC, in 1969, he was one of the students who started Project Uplift, designed to provide high school seniors exposure to college life by allowing the high school students to stay in the university students' rooms and showing them the university.

Alexander returned to Charlotte after college to manage the Alexander Funeral Home.

Political career

Following in his father's footsteps, Alexander became President of the NC NAACP and served on the national NAACP board. Alexander is buried at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens Charlotte, NC.

Electoral history 2022

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2010

2008