As news of Percy E. Sutton’s death spread on Sunday in Harlem, the sadness spanned generations and city blocks, from Sutton’s home on 135th Street to the doorstep of the Apollo, that cultural heart of Harlem that Sutton jolted to life.
Civil rights attorney and politician Percy Sutton has died. The son of a slave, Sutton first moved to New York City after serving with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. He went on to open a law office in Harlem where he represented Malcolm X, his family and many other defendants.
