Col. Leon H. Washington Jr. Post Office

Col. Leon H. Washington Jr. was born on this date in 1907. He was a Black newspaper publisher.

He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and attended Washburn University. Washington began his career in journalism by working for several newspapers. In 1933, he founded the Sentinel, an African American newspaper in Los Angeles. During this time, Washington married Ruth Brumell, a photographer.