AL HR494

Mourns the death of Reverend Nimrod Q. Reynolds of Anniston, Alabama, who died on May 12, 2013, at age 82.

Recognizes Reynolds' pioneering role in the Civil Rights Movement, including being attacked by the Ku Klux Klan at the Anniston Public Library in September 1963 and later serving as an EEOC officer and member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Credits Reynolds with integrating Tenth Street Elementary School in 1967, suing the school board to force desegregation in 1972, and becoming the first Black president of the Anniston City Board of Education in 1976.

Honors his 48-year service as pastor of the 17th Street Baptist Church and his marriage of 47 years to Lue Nell Todd Reynolds, with whom he had two children.

Expresses the House of Representatives' deep sadness at his death and extends heartfelt sympathy to his family and the many whose lives he touched.