Percy Sutton
Politician
1920 – 2009
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Who was Percy Sutton?
Percy Ellis Sutton was a prominent black American political and business leader. A civil-rights activist and lawyer, he was also a Freedom Rider and the legal representative for Malcolm X. He was the highest-ranking African-American elected official in New York City when he was Manhattan borough president from 1966 to 1977, the longest tenure at that position. He later became an entrepreneur whose investments included the New York Amsterdam News and the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
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- Born
- Nov 24, 1920
San Antonio - Spouses
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Brooklyn Law School
- Hampton University
- Tuskegee University
- Prairie View A&M University
- Columbia Law School
- Lived in
- San Antonio
- Died
- Dec 26, 2009
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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