Leon Sullivan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leon Sullivan

Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 24-Apr-2001

Profession: human rights activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About 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 on April 24, 2001, of leukemia at a Scottsdale, Arizona, hospital.
  • He was 78.

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