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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Pierre Sutton
Pierre Sutton
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| Other authors / contributors: | Sutton, Pierre M., 1947- interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded New York, New York 2013 December 10.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Broadcast executive Pierre M. Sutton was born on February 1, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York to Percy Sutton, a prominent American political and business leader. Attending the University of Toledo in Ohio, he graduated with his B.A. degree in 1968. Sutton completed his Owner/President Management Program at Harvard Business School. In 1971, Sutton co-founded The New York Courier and served as executive editor until 1972. He was then hired as the public affairs director at WLIB Radio in New York City before serving as the vice president of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation (ICBC) until from 1975 until 1977. In 1977, Sutton became the president of ICBC, with oversight of its radio stations in New York and California. He served on the board of directors for the Better Business Bureau of Harlem from 1972 to 1977. In 1979, Sutton was appointed as the inaugural vice president of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB).
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