Leedell Wallace Neyland (August 4, 1921 - June 6, 2020) was an educator and author in Florida.
He was a professor emeritus of history, provost, and dean at Florida A&M University[1] where he joined in 1956 and retired in 1991.
[4] He worked at Grambling State University in Louisiana and then as dean of Leland College in Baker, Louisiana before moving on to Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina.
[1] He wrote papers on various subjects including teaching Black history in schools, Florida A&M's business school, and Black land grant colleges and their role in agriculture and home economics.
[6] He advocated for black students to take more college entrance exams in Florida and called for improvements and investments to address educational gaps between white and black students.