Rev. Al Sharpton (L) and Jesse Jackson (R) shake hands while Rev. James Forbes looks on Percy Sutton\'s funeral. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Trailblazing civil rights attorney and media mogul Percy Sutton died on December 26 at the age of 89. Today, thousands gathered for his funeral at Riverside Church. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he'll re-name a complex of three Harlem schools after Sutton, and he's ordered flags on city buildings lowered in Sutton's honor.

Here, from WNYC's Archives, is a clip of Sutton speaking with CBC reporter Eleanor Fischer about Martin Luther King Jr.

Special thanks to WNYC’s Director of Archives Andy Lanset