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Synopsis
Journalist, Secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and an accused in the in 1956 Treason Trial. Joined the Pan Africanist Congress in exile and spent
First name
Lionel
Last name
Morrison
Date of birth
13-October-1935
Location of birth
South Africa
Date of death
31-October-2016
Location of death
South Africa
Gender
Male
Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and in 1956 became one of the accused in the Treason Trial. After leaving South Africa, he joined the Pan Africanist Congress in exile and spent a period in China in the 1960s as a representative of the Afro-Asian Journalists' Association. After that he moved to Britain.