Posted on 01/06/2010 1:03:15 PM PST by pissant
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of mourners filled Riverside Church on Wednesday for the funeral of Percy Sutton, a former Tuskegee Airman, a media mogul, power broker and pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X.
Among the dignitaries gathered at the church were Attorney General Eric Holder, Gov. David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Charles Schumer. Two of Malcolm X's daughters also attended.
Speaking to the people gathered in the church's pews, Holder called Sutton "one of the nation's true heroes."
"I admired, respected and worked for him," he continued. "The opportunities given to my generation were paid for by his."
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