Leonard Jeffries, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Leonard Jeffries

African-American academic known for Pan-African views

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1937

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Profession: academic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Leonard Jeffries Jr.
(born January 19, 1937) is a former professor of Black Studies at the City College of New York, part of the City University of New York.
He was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. Known for his Pan-African Afrocentrist views that the role of African people in history and the accomplishments of African Americans are far more important than commonly held, Jeffries has urged that public school syllabi be made less Euro-centric.His claims that Jewish businessmen financed the Atlantic slave trade and used the movie industry to hurt black people, and that whites are "ice people" while Africans are "sun people," received national publicity in the early 1990s.
Jeffries was discharged from his position as chairman of the Black Studies Department at CUNY, leading to a lengthy legal battle ending in the courts supporting the college's right to remove him from the position due to his incendiary remarks.