Leon Sullivan

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Leon Sullivan
Born	Leon Howard Sullivan (1922-10-16)October 16, 1922 Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
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

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]