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	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Adam Clayton Powell (left) with Martin Luther King: both were prominent civil rights leaders.
		Powell and his second wife, Hazel Scott, had a son, Adam Clayton Powell III.
		Powell died in 1972 at the age of 63 in Miami.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr. (938 words)

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		Powell was brought before a grand jury by the Justice Department, on May 8, 1958.
		Adam said white as he looked at his skin color, and was beaten.
		Powell retained his defense and the trial finally convened on March 18, 1960.
	www.hometoharlem.com /Harlem/hthcult.nsf/notables/adamclaytonpowelljr (747 words)

	Keep the Faith, Baby
		But Powell, demanding that he had the right to the same ethical short cuts as many of the white colleagues, fudged on travel expenses, was absent for much of his elected duties and hired relatives for his staff.
		Powell, not without his patented arrogance, also did nose-to-nose battles with some of his own more cautious people, including his father, who had carefully built a solidly conservative base at his Abyssinian Baptist Church and didn't approve of his son's radical notions.
		Powell's tale is told mostly by way of a flashback device.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /hollywoodreporter/reviews/reviews_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1343683 (541 words)

	7951. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
		Adam Clayton Powell Jr His personal blues are now finished.
	www.bartleby.com /63/51/7951.html (106 words)

	The African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard - The Adam Clayton Powell Cottage
		Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.’s career as a Congressman for the Harlem district of New York began in 1945 though his career as an advocate for racial justice had begun years before when he preached at the Abyssinian Baptist church,
		Clayton Powell’s response was to dismiss that notion: “you can burn down the buildings and refuse to join the institutions, but they will just build new ones and you will be left outside powerless.
		During the years of the Kennedy and Johnson administration, Clayton Powell, as Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee was responsible for the passing of an impressive series of civil rights laws that helped to shape the world in which we live today.
	www.mvheritagetrail.org /powell-house.html (887 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. : The Political Biography of an American Dilemma - DVD Film: Totaltiorden.dk
		Hamilton argues that this "blatant contradiction in American society between the Creed and reality was constantly highlighted by white and black advocates of civil rights." In Adam Clayton Powell, Hamilton finds the personification of this dilemma.
		As the sage progresess and Powell gets closer and closer to the time that Congress refuses to seat him, the reader realizes that when Powell pointed the finger of racism at his attackers, as the old saying goes, he was pointing four fingers back at himself.
		Powell was one of the century's (I guess that is now "last century's") first and longest serving African American members of Congress.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/dvd_details.php/0815411847dvd (1076 words)

	African American Registry: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Harlem minister and politician .
		Adam Clayton Powell Jr., unsuccessfully sought re-nomination in 1970, then retired as a minister and died in 1972.
		Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Harlem minister and politician.
		African American Registry: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Harlem minister and politician.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/461/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr_Harlem_politician (407 words)

	Colored Reflections - The Seventies, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		Adam by Adam : The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		Born into privilege, Powell was the son of a prominent Baptist minister and a doting mother.
		Powell chose to follow in his father's footsteps and went into the ministry.
	www.coloredreflections.com /decades/Decade.cfm?Dec=3&Typ=2&Sty=1&SID=54 (262 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - Press Releases
		Anthony Powell, ACP Sr.'s father, got his name from a Virginia family, as discussed in Adam by Adam, the autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		All three of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.'s wives outlived him, though Hazel Scott passed away in 1981.
		However, Adam Clayton Powell, III and Colin Powell's son Michael Powell bear a striking resemblance...
	www.adamclaytonpowell.com /askthefamily.htm (468 words)

	Adam by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - DVD Film: Totaltiorden.dk
		Der er ingen amazon.com omtale af Adam by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		ADAM BY ADAM was written near the end of Powell's life.
		However, Powell stonewalled the case for years until he was ultimately charged with criminal contempt of court.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/dvd_details.php/0758201958dvd (637 words)

	New York Post Online Edition: learncenter
		Powell was a charismatic and fiery speaker, often mixing politics and civil-rights issues into his sermons.
		Powell wrote of the experience, "Something happened to me. The people of the streets, the failure, the misfits, the despised, the maimed, the beaten, the sightless, the voiceless, had made a captive of me, and I was to know no other love than these people."
		Powell fought to pass more than 50 pieces of legislation, many of which still today protect working wages He fought for an anti-lynching bill and for school integration.
	www.nypost.com /learncenter/cextra/021705/class.htm (921 words)

	Black History Month Biography Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
		Adam Powell's heritage was white, African and Cherokee.
		Adam Powell was the first person to represent Harlem in council.
		Among one of his achievements Powell was elected to the House of Representatives.
	www.newton.mec.edu /Bigelow/classroom/yerardi/blackhistory04/18blackhist04cb1/18blackhist04cb1index.htm (436 words)

	Floridian: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., warts and all
		Adam Clayton Powell III insisted that the TV biopic about his historymaking father be true to the man’s strengths and weaknesses.
		Upon Powell Jr.'s death in 1972, his journals (including material that he may have used in a tell-all book about the indiscretions of his colleagues in Congress) and other items were stolen in a burglary.
		Truth is, Powell faced a series of embarrassing scandals -- placing his wife on his office payroll, taking pleasure trips at taxpayer expense -- just as TV cameras were capturing the noble sacrifices of civil right protesters throughout the South.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/02/16/Floridian/Adam_Clayton_Powell_J.shtml (1425 words)

	Glory Days: Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
		Powell's church symbolized what he called "the social gospel," a message that urged his followers not to wait for reward in the afterlife, but to work aggressively to improve their own lives and their community's social conditions.
		Powell was an imposing man, six foot three, 190 pounds, with dark bushy hair and a mustache to match.
		For Powell, the imperative was clear: "To feed my sheep." He announced that the church would provide an unemployment relief fund and a free food kitchen, and to begin, he would contribute four months of his salary.
	teacher.scholastic.com /researchtools/articlearchives/honormlk/gloryday.htm (829 words)

	Institutionalization of the Black Agenda: The Politics of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
		The senior Powell established the social/political atmosphere through the church that was carried on by Adam Jr.
		The elder Powell was born in Franklin, Virginia in 1865.
		Powell once said, adding, "As long as it is within the law, it’s not wrong—if the law is wrong, change the law." According to analysts, he landed in Washington armed with a mandate from the grassroots to make a difference.
	www.finalcall.com /artman/publish/article_1063.shtml (1200 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell
		Yet in the new book, Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: The Political Biography of an American Dilemma, Columbia University professor Charles V. Hamilton, an African American, courageously addresses old allegations that Powell misused his clout to clean up consequences of his personal excesses.
		Powell was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1908.
		Young Powell began studies to become a surgeon but, later, with some prodding, realized that one day his father's well-off church could be his for the asking, so he changed his mind about medicine to become a healer of souls.
	www.cybercitizen16.com /grove.html (1581 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell Jr: Pastor of Abbyssinian Baptist Church- Black History Daily
		Adam Clayton Powell Jr was born November 29, 1908, son of the Pastor of renound Abyssinian Baptist Church.
		Powell studied to become a surgeon, however changed his mind after realizing he could succeed his father as Pastor.
		He went on to be defeated in the Democratic primary election in 1970, and retired as pastor in 1971.
	www.blackseek.com /bh/2001/10_AdamPowell.htm (323 words)

	The Rise of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., the pastor, was ill. His son, Adam, Jr., would deliver the sermon.
		Dazzled by Adam Junior’s savvy as she might have been, Stokes would remain, for years, leery of what she referred to as Adam Junior’s lack of "moral leadership." She thought the differences between Adam Senior and Adam Junior huge.
		On Oct. 22, 1937, Adam Junior was "unanimously" approved by the deacon board to succeed his father as pastor of Abyssinian.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF1102/Haygood/Haygood.html (2577 words)

	Harlem 1900-1940: Schomburg Exhibit Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
		His son, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was the first African-American to represent New York in Congress.
		Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., was actively involved in the struggle against racism, and he lectured on race relations at Colgate University, City College of New York and Union Theological Seminary.
		Powell was also responsible for building one of the first community recreation centers in Harlem.
	www.si.umich.edu /CHICO/Harlem/text/acpowell.html (412 words)

	Black Enterprise: Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: The Political Biography of An American Dilemma. - book reviews
		Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: The Political Biography of An American Dilemma.
		Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: The Political Biography of An American Dilemma by Charles V. Hamilton; Atheneum, New York, $24.95
		This first full-length biography of the minister, civil rights activist, and congressman presents Powell as a mirror of what has been termed "the American Dilemma" that discrepancy between what white America preaches about the rights of human beings and what it practices vis-a-vis black America.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1365/is_n7_v22/ai_11849159 (217 words)

	Kelly D, McCloud--Africana Library, Cornell University
		The main purpose of this thesis is to examine the political leadership of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		This thesis analyzes the leadership of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		After establishing himself as a protest leader in Harlem during the Great Depression, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
	www.library.cornell.edu /africana/thesis/mccloud2003.html (257 words)

	Reel Conversation - Harry Lennix
		I had the opportunity to read a book about the controversial politician, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		Powell was the first black councilperson in New York City and served his congressional district for 26 years.
		There are a number of books, one by himself called Adam by Adam, which has just been reissued and should be in bookstores coinciding with the premiere of this movie.
	www.reelimagesmagazine.com /txt_features/conversations/reel_conversation__harry_lennix.htm (1341 words)

	Press Release Archive: GW to Host Special Sneak Preview Screening of "Keep the Faith, Baby," the Story of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. January 24
		A QandA session with the sons of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
		QandA with the Sons of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
		The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) is hosting a special preview of “Keep the Faith, Baby,” The Story of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
	www.gwu.edu /~media/pressreleases/01-18-02-filmscreening.htm (250 words)

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	Adam Clayton POWELL, Jr.
		and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: A Historical Exposition and Theological Analysis.” Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, 1979.
		Hamilton, Charles V. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of An American Dilemma.
		”Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.” in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/powell-adam-clayton-jr.html (443 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		In 1967, Powell was deposed accused of misusing public funds and barred from his House seat.
		Throughout his life, Powell worked for justice and equality and authored more than fifty pieces of legislation.
		He was elected to congress in 1944 and introduced measures that opposed lynching, the poll tax (which effectively barred thousands of eligible black voters from participating in government), and worked to end segregationin Washington, DC schools, federal buildings, the congressional press pit and many other areas.
	www.suite101.com /topic_page.cfm/10995/3208 (150 words)

	City Limits' Event Listings for NYC's Nonprofit, Policy and Activist World
		Boulevard, on the Plaza of the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		The long awaited memorial sculpture will be placed on the corner of 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		On February 16th and 17th 2005, the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
	www.citylimits.org /content/calendar/event_view.cfm?calkey=4835 (353 words)

	85.05.04: Against The Tide: Three Who Made It!
		The third, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the son of a prominent New Haven minister, was educated in New York City.
		Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was born in New Haven to an upper-middle class Baptist clergyman and his wife on Thanksgiving Day, 1908.
		Soon after Adam’s birth, his father accepted the Pastorship of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City.3 That is where Adam, Jr., received his education.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1985/5/85.05.04.x.html (5731 words)

	Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. on Encyclopedia.com
		AUDREY'S SOCIETY WHIRL; Hundreds attend Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		Awards reception July 13 to honor the late Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
		Statute honors Adam Clayton Powell Jr.(National Report)(Brief Article)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Powell-A1C1.asp (648 words)

	Jet: Statute honors Adam Clayton Powell Jr
		Present at the unveiling were Adam Clayton Powell Jr.'s sons, Adam Clayton Powell III (l) and Adam Clayton Powell IV (2nd, r) and (l-r) Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, sculptor Branly Cadet and Adam Clayton Powell IV, son of Adam Clayton Powell III.
		(inset) recently was unveiled in the plaza of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
		Caption: STATUE HONORS ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR.: An inspiring 12-foot bronze statue of the late civil rights activist and Harlem congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_12_107/ai_n13477326 (191 words)

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