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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (* 29. November 1908 in New Haven, Connecticut; † 4. April 1972 in Miami, Florida) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Bürgerrechtler. Zwischen 1945 und 1971 vertrat er mit einer Unterbrechung den Bundesstaat New York im US-Repräsentantenhaus.
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. November 29, 1908 to April 4, 1972. Bob Fitch photography archive, © Stanford University Libraries. As a minister and congressman, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was a prominent and controversial figure in the struggle for civil rights.
2. Apr. 2024 · American civil rights movement. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (born Nov. 29, 1908, New Haven, Conn., U.S.—died April 4, 1972, Miami, Fla.) was a black American public official and pastor who became a prominent liberal legislator and civil-rights leader. Powell was the son of the pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New ...
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11. Juni 2018 · Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was one of the earliest and loudest black voices in the American civil rights movement. After spending several years agitating in his capacity as minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, he went on to serve on the city council and then to become the first black congressman from the northeastern United States.
18. Jan. 2007 · Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was educated in the New York City school system. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1930 from Colgate University and then a master’s in religious education from Columbia University in 1932. During the Great Depression, Powell developed a reputation as a fearless Harlem community activist.
15. Feb. 2016 · Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. with President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. Our next subject is Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., a minister, activist and congressman from New York who would come to serve 12 terms in the House of Representatives. As one of the few African-American Congressman during the Civil Rights era, he served an important role ...
