About Leon Walter Tillage
Lived 1937 – 2011 (aged 74). Leon Walter Tillage was an American writer.
Leon Walter Tillage (January 19, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was an American whose autobiographical children's book Leon's Story features the effects of Jim Crow laws in his life in the 1940s – and of the later Civil Rights Movement. but before that he endured many hardships.
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Who was Leon Walter Tillage?
American children's writer (1937-2011)
When was Leon Walter Tillage born?
Leon Walter Tillage was born on 19 January 1937.
When did Leon Walter Tillage die?
Leon Walter Tillage died on 5 October 2011.
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Leon Walter Tillage was a writer.
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Leon Walter Tillage was American.
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