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Nov 24, 1920 San Antonio, Texas, United States Died on 26 Dec 2009 (aged 89)
New York politician
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About Percy Sutton
- Percy Ellis Sutton (November 24, 1920 – December 26, 2009) was a prominent black American political and business leader.
- An activist in the Civil Rights Movement 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.
