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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. (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.
Um congressista americano, ativista dos direitos civis e ministro, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. nasceu em 29 de novembro de 1908, em New Haven, Connecticut. Como seu pai havia feito antes dele, Powell serviu como pastor da famosa Igreja Batista Abissínia no Harlem, Nova York.
18 de jan. de 2007 · On April 4, 1972, Powell died at the age of 63 of complications from prostate cancer at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Following his death, New York City officials renamed Seventh Avenue in Harlem Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was what the United States House of Representatives archives calls “an unapologetic activist,” who served in the House of Representatives for 12 terms. Throughout his 12 terms from 1945 to 1971, Democrat Clayton Powell represented many New York territories.
As a minister and congressman, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was a prominent and controversial figure in the struggle for civil rights. Although Powell and Martin Luther King were initially supportive of one another’s work, King lost trust in Powell in 1960, after the congressman threatened to lie to the press about King’s friendship with his ...
29 de ago. de 2019 · A U.S. congressman, civil rights activist, and minister, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was born November 29, 1908, in New Haven, Connecticut. As his father had before him, Powell served as pastor of the famed Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York.
