When I hear the name Percy Sutton, I think of the Apollo theatre, WLIB/WBLS radio stations in NYC, and I think of Harlem. Mr. Sutton passed away last night at the age of 89. Sutton was considered one of New York's most influential figures, spawning the careers of a who's who of prominent black politicians. Read more about a son a slave from Texas turned prominent politician and became a face a Harlem, NYC.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/12/27/2009-12-27_harlem_trailblazer_percy_sutton_dies_former_tuskegee_airman_and_manhattan_beep_w.html
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