Leon Sullivan

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.

Leon Sullivan
Born
Leon Howard Sullivan

(1922-10-16)October 16, 1922
DiedApril 24, 2001(2001-04-24) (aged 78)
EducationWest Virginia State University
Union Theological Seminary (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
MovementCivil Rights Movement
Anti-Apartheid Movement
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