Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.


Born
in New Haven, Connecticut, The United States
November 29, 1908

Died
April 04, 1972


American politician Adam Clayton Powell, Junior, a representative of United States from New York from 1945 to 1967 and from 1969 to 1971, outspokenly advocated civil rights.

This pastor represented Harlem, city of New York, in the House. People elected this powerful national politician, the first person from his state of African descent, to Congress.

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Adam By Adam: The Autobiogr...

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Speech On Civil Rights (1955)

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Keep the faith, baby!

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Riots and Ruins

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Palestine and Saints in Cae...

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Marching Blacks

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Upon this rock,

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“Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality”
Adam Clayton Powell, JR., Adam By Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

“I believe that Christianity in the United States has been dragging its feet, and I don't think there's any other force in America that has been more detrimental to the solution of our racial problems than Christianity. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.”
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

“There is no future for a people who deny their past.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.”
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