Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 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.
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Powell's Colgate University portrait c. 1930
Powell addressing a citizens' committee mass meeting, November 1942
A Harlem newsboy stands next to a flyer for People's Voice, May 1943
Powell is sworn in as the first African American member of the New York City Council by mayor Fiorello La Guardia, January 5, 1942.(L-R): Joseph E. Ford, Mattie Shaffer Powell, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Isabel Washington Powell, Adam Clayton Powell Sr., Fiorello La Guardia.
From left to right: Vito Marcantonio, Powell, and Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., three congressmen unsuccessful in their attempt to save the Fair Employment Practice Committee, February 23, 1950In their orbit 2
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 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. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from New York, as well as the first from any state in the Northeast. Re-elected for nearly three decades, Powell became a powerful national politician of the Democratic Party, and served as a national spokesman on civil rights and social issues. He also urged United States presidents to support emerging nations in Africa and Asia as they gained independence after colonialism.
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