“If you look at the trolleys, the buses—Leon Williams was a major force behind their modernization.” In 2011, San Diego State ...

Leon Williams “is too important of a man ... including bringing the trolley service to San Diego State University in 2005. Six years later, the SDSU Trolley Station was dedicated to him.

Leon Williams, San Diego's first Black council member and first Black county supervisor, died Saturday of cardiac arrest. He was 102. Flashback: Williams shaped public life in San Diego during a ...

The death of San Diego civic legend Leon Williams at age 102 triggered outpourings of appreciation and admiration for the groundbreaking Black community leader. The Oklahoma native who moved to ...