Leon Sullivan
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Reverend Dr. Leon Howard Sullivan (October 16, 1922 - April 24, 2001), born to Charles and Helen Sullivan in Charleston, West Virginia. He was educated at West Virginia State University, Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary.
He was the first African American to serve on the Board of Directors of General Motors.
He was the author of the Sullivan Principles:
Issued in 1977
1. Nonsegregation of the races in all eating, comfort, and work facilities.
2. Equal and fair employment practices for all employees.
3. Equal pay for all employees doing equal or comparable work for the same period of time.
4. Initiation of and development of training programs that will prepare, in substantial numbers, blacks and other nonwhites for supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.
5 Increasing the number of blacks and other nonwhites in management and supervisory positions.
6. Improving the quality of life for blacks and other nonwhites outside the work environment in such areas as housing, transportation, school, recreation, and health facilities.
7. Working to eliminate laws and customs that impede social, economic, and political justice. (Added in 1984.)
He died of leukemia in 2001. The biennal Leon H. Sullivan Summit, first held in Abidjan in 1991, continues to be held.
- Rev. Leon H. Sullivan Official Website
- The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation
- Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America
- Leon Sullivan Health Care Center, nursing home in Seattle, Washington
- Presidential Medal of Freedom citation - Leon H. Sullivan (1992)
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