HR213 Summary

• Mourns the death of Dr. John L. Cashin of Huntsville, Alabama, who died on March 21, 2011, at age 82
• Recognizes Dr. Cashin as a Civil Rights Movement icon who was the first Black to run for Governor of Alabama, receiving 125,491 votes (approximately 15 percent) in his 1970 campaign against George Wallace
• Founded the National Democratic Party of Alabama in the late 1960s as an alternative to the racially exclusive Alabama Democratic Party, which helped elect more than 100 Blacks to local offices by 1970
• Notes his service as First Lieutenant and Chief of Dental Services in the U.S. Army, earned his D.D.S. degree from Meharry Medical School in 1952, and ran for Mayor of Huntsville in 1964
• Conveys heartfelt sympathy to his family, particularly his daughter Sheryll D. Cashin, and honors his legacy of commitment to justice and equality