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Leon Howard Sullivan

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Leon Howard Sullivan

Birth
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Death
24 Apr 2001 (aged 78)
Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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He was a minister and civil rights leader whose relentless crusade for U.S. divestiture from South Africa helped put an end to the policy of apartheid. His honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, and 50 honorary degrees. PBS produced a documentary on his life entitled "A Principled Man."
He was a minister and civil rights leader whose relentless crusade for U.S. divestiture from South Africa helped put an end to the policy of apartheid. His honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, and 50 honorary degrees. PBS produced a documentary on his life entitled "A Principled Man."

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  • Maintained by: Jack M. Jones
  • Added: Jul 4, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22879/leon_howard-sullivan: accessed ), memorial page for Leon Howard Sullivan (16 Oct 1922–24 Apr 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22879, citing Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by Jack M. Jones (contributor 49679459).