John L. Cashin, Jr., American civil rights campaigner, died from kidney failure he was , 82.

 John Logan Cashin, Jr.  was an American dentist, civil rights campaigner, and politician. He was the founder and leader of the National Democratic Party of Alabama died from kidney failure he was , 82..

(April 16, 1928–March 21, 2011)
 

Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Cashin received his bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University and Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry. Cashin's father was a dentist, and his mother was a school principal. Additionally, his grandfather Herschel Cashin served in the Alabama legislature during the 1870s. From 1955 to 1957, Cashin served in the Army Dental Corps.^[1]

He was the party's nominee when he unsuccessfully ran for governor against George Wallace in the 1970 gubernatorial election. Cashin died on March 21, 2011 in a hospital in Washington, D.C., following a bout of pneumonia.^[2][3]

His daughter Sheryll D. Cashin is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

 

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