Mickey Leland

Hunger and malnutrition have haunted the world for ages. Some great spirits across the centuries spent their lives fighting this scourge and helping others. One such man, Mickey Leland, a Houston congressman, dedicated his career to alleviating hunger and poverty. In 1989, the congressman died fighting for this cause

George Thomas Leland III, nicknamed “Mickey,” was born in Lubbock in November 1944…