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	Powell Clayton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Powell Clayton (7 August 1833 - 23 August 1914) was the first carpetbag Governor of the State of Arkansas and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
		Clayton remained the Republican boss of Arkansas until he was defeated in the election of 1876 by re-enfranchised ex-Confederates.
		Powell Clayton was appointed as Ambassador to Mexico in 1897 by President William McKinley and served in that position until 1905.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Powell_Clayton (440 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1945 Powell was elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives, representing the 22nd congressional district, which included Harlem.
		Powell and his second wife, Hazel Scott, had a son, Adam Clayton Powell III, who is a visiting professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
		Powell also had a son with his his third wife, Yvette Diago Powell, who became the politician Adam Clayton Powell IV, a member of the New York State Assembly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr. (863 words)

	Gotham Gazette: Assembly District 68 - Harlem
		Powell, aware of the real reason his press conference had drawn a crowd, then went on to address the allegations of rape that have placed him in the media spotlight.
		Adam Clayton Powell IV is scheduled to meet with Manhattan prosecutors as soon as today, to respond to allegations that he raped an acquaintance in her Central Park West apartment late last week.
		Powell issued a brief written statement a day after law enforcement sources said that police were investigating him in a sexual assault case for the second time in two months.
	www.gothamgazette.com /print/1047 (1894 words)

	Powell Clayton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clayton returned to Arkansas and in 1882 established a home at (Click link for more info and facts about Eureka Springs, Arkansas) Eureka Springs, Arkansas where he managed hotels and railroads and worked for development of the area.
		Clayton's administration made progress in getting the (Click link for more info and facts about University of Arkansas) University of Arkansas on its feet, establishing a system of education, and bringing railroads into the State.
		Powell Clayton was appointed as Ambassador to (A Republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810) Mexico in 1897 by President (25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901)) William McKinley and served in that position until 1905.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/powell_clayton.htm (638 words)

	Glory Days: Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		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.
	teacher.scholastic.com /researchtools/articlearchives/honormlk/gloryday.htm (829 words)

	Eureka Springs History - Powell Clayton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clayton was born on August 7, 1833 in Bethel County, Pennsylvania to a family with deep roots in politics and public service.
		Clayton was known as a politician who "knew the value of patronage in maintaining political control of the state and personal control of the Republican party." Though Clayton endured numerous character attacks and charges of criminal conduct, his political enemies were never able to provide sufficient evidence for conviction.
		It was the role of railroad entrepreneur that brought Clayton, his wife Adaline, and their children to Eureka Springs in 1881, where he built a luxurious home in Eureka's "Silk Stocking District." The original Clayton residence is the present-day location of the Crescent Cottage Inn.
	www.eurekavacation.com /history/powellclayton.phtm (541 words)

	The Rise of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., the pastor, was ill. His son, Adam, Jr., would deliver the sermon.
		But if it was a bad experience for the young Powell, says David Licorish, who was on the scene with Powell at the time, he had at least "tasted the good fruit" of political battle.
		Powell gave himself a column, his picture above the column, the perfect platform for someone considering a run at high office.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF1102/Haygood/Haygood.html (2577 words)

	The African American Heritage Trail of Martha's Vineyard - The Adam Clayton Powell Cottage
		Powell was described by her husband in his autobiography as “the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.” Their marriage in 1933, held at the Abyssinian church, attracted a crowd of thousands who hoped to shake hands with the golden couple.
		Powell still entertains and serves her chosen guests with amazing “bloody marys” for which she is justly famous.
		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.
	www.mvheritagetrail.org /powell-house.html (887 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
		Powell quickly made enemies with segregationist John E. Rankin of Mississippi, introducing legislation to outlaw lynching and poll taxes, and to ban discrimination in the armed forces, housing, employment and transportation.
		Powell had reached the plateau of success in his career, but soon his life was rocked by scandal.
		The following month, the committee recommended that Powell be censured, fined, and deprived of seniority, but on March 1st the House rejected these proposals and voted 307 to 116 to exclude him from the Congress for the rest of the term.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A270875 (660 words)

	Renaissance Collage - Artist Profile::Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
		While in New Haven, Powell was a special student at Yale Divinity School before being named pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, in December of 1908.
		After much argument and ultimate a threat to leave Abyssinian, Powell convinced the church to move to Harlem in 1920 and bought land for the church at West 138th St. in 1923.
		Powell, Sr., was actively involved in the struggle against racism, fielding numerous lecture invitations, co-founding the National Urban League, participated in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was one of the organizers of the Silent Protest Parade of 1928.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~MA03/faturoti/harlem/collage/powell.html (512 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.
		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.
		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.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/02/16/Floridian/Adam_Clayton_Powell_J.shtml (1425 words)

	Powell and Eisenhower
		Powell, and a few others, were upset by what he called the Democrats’ "wishy washy" position on civil rights that year.
		Powell was not the first Democrat to bolt his party; the southern Democrats, known as Dixiecrats, turned the practice into an art.
		During his speeches, Powell held high in the air a blown-up copy of a restrictive covenant of Nixon’s, which meant that when Nixon sold his house it could not be sold to a fl or Jewish family.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF1103/Haygood/Haygood.html (2720 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Adam Clayton Powell III], son of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		Adam Clayton Powell IV, (1962 -), son of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
		Adam Clayton Powell IV, (1970 -), son of Adam Clayton Powell III and University Professor
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell (129 words)

	Harlem 1900-1940: Schomburg Exhibit Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
		Powell was also responsible for building one of the first community recreation centers in Harlem.
		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.
		Reverend Powell was a proponent of racial pride and believed in education and hard work.
	www.si.umich.edu /CHICO/Harlem/text/acpowell.html (412 words)

	Harlem pol (Adam Clayton Powell IV) faces new rape probe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In May, Powell was accused of serving a 19-year-old legislative intern liquor and attacking her in a motel in the Albany suburb of Colonie.
		Powell was born of a Puerto Rican mother, and has a base in both fl Harlem and the rising Latino demographic.
		Powell and his second wife, Hazel Scott Powell, had a son, Adam Clayton Powell III, who is a visiting professor at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/1164992/posts (1479 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr - Activist and Politician
		Adam Clayton Powell Jr was born on 29 November, 1908 in New Haven, Connecticut.
		In 1936, Powell succeeded his father as pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church, and in 1941 he was elected to the New York City Council.
		In 1958 Powell was charged with income tax evasion, but the trial ended in a hung jury.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A352450 (667 words)

	Colored Reflections - The Seventies, 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.
		Powell was very vocal about the rights of the poor and desenfrancised.
	www.coloredreflections.com /decades/Decade.cfm?Dec=3&Typ=2&Sty=1&SID=54 (262 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A: Yes, Adam Clayton Powell, III and (Hon.) IV were very involved in the production, and in verifying accuracy of the script, and in fact, IV makes a cameo appearance in the movie.
		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.
		However, Adam Clayton Powell, III and Colin Powell's son Michael Powell bear a striking resemblance...
	www.adamclaytonpowell.com /askthefamily.htm (468 words)

	USC Annenberg - news releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Powell will write a series of papers as the basis for discussions around the country on these questions.
		Powell comes to USC Annenberg from Howard University’s WHUT-TV, where he served as general manager of the broadcast and cable television channels.
		Powell was a reporter and producer at WCBS-TV in New York and later spent several years with CBS News as a manager of radio and television news for the network, covering events ranging from manned space flights and elections to urban unrest and the Iran hostage crisis.
	ascweb.usc.edu /asc.php?pageID=388&storyID=26 (834 words)

	Adam by Adam
		In Adam by Adam, Powell addresses the high points of an amazing life from his birth, the son of a nationally renowned preacher to becoming one of the few African-American Congressmen in the early portion of the 20th century.
		My ignorance of Powell’s existence, his contributions and accomplishments was complete; so much so, I kid you not, that when I finally got the book in my hands, I looked at the cover, I thought, whose da white man? I know that sounds hick-ish, but there it is. I should be ashamed and I am.
		Important is Powell’s role in many of the civil rights laws and actions that would not have taken place in his absence and the price he paid for being a man of his conviction.
	aalbc.com /reviews/adam_by_adam.htm (852 words)

	Institutionalization of the Black Agenda: The Politics of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The elder Powell was born in Franklin, Virginia in 1865.
		The senior Powell established the social/political atmosphere through the church that was carried on by Adam Jr.
		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 (1172 words)

	Powell Clayton, Brigadier General, United States Army & United States Senator
		Clayton campaigned on the platform of "doctrines of loyalty, freedom, Negro rights, economic development, and free public education for both races alike," in a violent and vitriolic political race.
		Powell Clayton, a native Pennsylvanian elected governor of Arkansas in 1868.
		Clayton did not address the stigma of the interloper until his final years, when he spent much of his time composing a comprehensive defense of his term as governor against revisionist attacks on all carpetbagger politicians.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /pclayton.htm (1109 words)

	freedomforum.org: Adam Clayton Powell III
		Adam Clayton Powell III is vice president of technology and programs at The Freedom Forum, supervising forums and programs on information technologies and new media.
		Powell also created and is executive producer of the daily Freedom Forum radio service on the Internet.
		Previously, Powell was director of technology studies and programs at The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center at Columbia University from 1994 to 1996, after having served as a consultant and lecturer there from 1985 to 1994.
	www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=13127 (377 words)

	African American Registry: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Harlem minister and politician . . .
		Powell attached an anti-discrimination clause to so many pieces of legislation that the rider became known as the Powell Amendment.
		Because of his many political enemies and a slander judgment against him, the House Democratic Caucus stripped Powell of is committee chairmanship in 1967and would not seat him until completion of an investigation by the Judiciary Committee.
		Adam Clayton Powell Jr., unsuccessfully sought re-nomination in 1970, then retired as a minister and died in 1972.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/461/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr_Harlem_politician (407 words)

	Re: Adam Clayton Powell, 4th and FATHER DIVINE.
		In the 1930s, Adam Clayton Powell the third was the minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City.
		That is the reason the Representative Adam Clayton Powell appears to be an entirely different person to you than the minister you knew thirty years ago.
		An article by the Honorable Reverend Powell appeared in the November, 1951, issue of EBONY Magazine, in which he was speaking on a controversial subject.
	www.libertynet.org /fdipmm/word2/550824ar.html (1245 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Adam Clayton Powell \| PBS
		Powell was the son of the pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York City.
		With the church as his power base, Powell was able to build a formidable public following in Harlem through his crusades for jobs and housing for the poor.
		Powell's outspoken opposition to racism and his flamboyant lifestyle made him enemies, however, and in the early 1960s he became involved in a lawsuit with a woman who claimed he had wrongly accused her of collecting police graft.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/adam_clayton_powell.html (397 words)

	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: Black Power Between Heaven and Hell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		But African Americans with a knowledge of their history remember Powell as the risk taker who made it possible for later generations of African-American politicians such as Jesse Jackson, Rep. Ron Dellums, and Willie Brown of the California Assembly to stand unbowed in the arena of political horse trading.
	www.black-collegian.com /african/adam.shtml (1543 words)

	Essay on Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
		He would return to his seat for a finale term In the 1970 a young man that he helps to become a state assemblyman would defeat primary Powell.
		By this time Powell health was failing him, and in 1971 he would retire as minister at the Abyssinian Baptist Church.
		After his death in 1972, Powell would become known as one of the most influence African American leaders of his time.
	www.dedicatedwriters.com /paper/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr-133050.html (112 words)

	www.ny.gov - GOVERNOR UNVEILS ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR. MEMORIAL IN HARLEM
		"Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., stands out as a remarkable figure in history for creating legislation that changed the social landscape of America, and as a pioneering advocate for the rights of African-Americans," Governor Pataki said.
		Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV said, "Ever since the Harlem Office Building was renamed in honor of my father back in 1983, the idea was to have a statue.
		Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was born in New Haven, Connecticut on November 29, 1908, and was a preeminent civil rights leader in the United States from the 1930s until his passing on April 4, 1972.
	www.state.ny.us /governor/press/05/feb17_1_05.htm (566 words)

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