Leon Sullivan
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (1922–2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leon Howard Sullivan (October 16, 1922 – April 24, 2001) was a Baptist minister, a civil rights leader and social activist focusing on the creation of job training opportunities for African Americans, a longtime General Motors Board Member, and an anti-Apartheid activist. Sullivan died of leukemia in a Scottsdale, Arizona hospital at the age of 78.[1]
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Born | Leon Howard Sullivan (1922-10-16)October 16, 1922 |
Died | April 24, 2001(2001-04-24) (aged 78) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
Education | West Virginia State University Union Theological Seminary (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
Movement | Civil Rights Movement Anti-Apartheid Movement |
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