Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, October 16th

October 16, 2022

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Dr. Leon Sullivan and Senator Jennings Randolph, June 23, 1976 (Jennings Randolph Collection)

Prominent civil rights leader Dr. Leon Sullivan was born in Charleston on October 16, 1922.

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