San Diego Officials Share Sorrow Over Loss of Pioneer Leon Williams, Dead at 102
Community leaders took to social media to mourn the death of Leon Williams, a life-long civic leader and mentor with a career ...
Leon Williams, who shaped San Diego and paved way for Black leaders, dies at 102
When then-high school senior William Jones had the chance to interview for an internship with San Diego City Councilmember Leon Williams in 1972, he wasn’t immediately sold on the idea. He’d already ...
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San Diego's first Black city councilman and county supervisor dies at 102
Longtime political and equal rights leader Leon Williams passed away over the weekend. He was 102. Williams, who was elected San Diego's first Black city councilman in 1969 and first Black county ...