Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was a Baptist pastor and an American 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 from New York to Congress.
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.
In 1961, after 16 years in the House, Powell became chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, the most powerful position held by an African American in Congress. As chairman, he supported the passage of important social and civil rights legislation under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Following allegations of corruption, in 1967 Powell was excluded from his seat by Democratic Representatives-elect of the 90th United States Congress, but he was re-elected and regained the seat in the 1969 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States in Powell v. McCormack. He lost his seat in 1970 to Charles Rangel and retired from electoral politics.
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referencedIn | Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.). Abyssinian Baptist Church Oral History Project, 1992. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.). Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1957-1959. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
referencedIn | Abyssinian Baptist Church Oral History Project, 1992 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
referencedIn | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. scrapbook collection, 1967. | Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library | |
referencedIn | Allende, Petra. Papers, 1935-2002 ; bulk: 1970-2001. | Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos | |
referencedIn | American Committee on Africa. Archives 1948-1988. | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
referencedIn | Bertha Klausner Papers, 1897-1995 | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
referencedIn | Biography: J. Edward Roush, 1969 | Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory | |
referencedIn | Blacks in the railroad industry collection, 1946-1954. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
referencedIn | Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Records 1920-1968 (bulk 1950-1968) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division |
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referencedIn | Papers of Drew Pearson. 1915 - 1969. Files from the Georgetown Office and Residence | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
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employeeOf | Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.) |
associatedWith | Allende, Petra. |
associatedWith | American Committee on Africa. |
associatedWith | Bond, Julian, 1940- |
associatedWith | Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986. |
correspondedWith | Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. |
associatedWith | Browder, Earl, 1891-1973 |
associatedWith | Brown, Earl, 1903-1980. |
associatedWith | Bruce, Herbert L., 1900-1990 |
associatedWith | Bruce, Herbert. |
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Birth 1908-11-29
Death 1972-04-04
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English
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