CLYBURN STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF PERCY SUTTON

WASHINGTON, DC—House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn today released the following statement on the passing of Percy Sutton.

“Percy Sutton made an indelible mark on America with distinction and grace on many fronts, forever changing the course of African Americans in this country. A Tuskegee Airman in World War II and intelligence officer in the Korean War, a tireless legal defender of civil rights leaders and protesters, a public servant in the New York State Assembly, a pioneering businessman and media mogul, and the man who saved the famed Apollo theater—for any one of these contributions we would have been thankful, for his lifetime of service we honor him as an American statesman and hero. “My thoughts and prayers are with the Sutton family and I thank Percy Sutton for his friendship and legacy of leadership and service.”