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Brother Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr. was
born in 1908 in New York
City. He launched his career
as a crusader for reform
during the depth of the
Depression. He forced several
large corporations to drop
their unofficial bans on
employing Blacks, while,
at the same time, directing
a kitchen and relief operation
which fed, clothed and provided
fuel for thousands of Harlem's
needy and destitute. In
a continual fight for justice,
Powell became a Congressman
from New York's 18th District,
Chairman of the House Committee
on Education and Labor,
and pastor of the world's
largest congregation at
Harlem's Abyssinian (Ethiopian)
Baptist Church. As chairman
of the House Education and
Labor Committee from 1961
to 1966, Powell created
legislation that changed
the social landscape of
America. The bills created
jobs and college scholarships,
aided the elderly and fed
the starving, built schools
and railroads, even funded
the arts. He was described
as "a go-for-broke
politician, a kind rare
in political life today."
Always a man of the people,
Adam Clayton Powell was
known well for his rallying
battle cry, "Keep the
faith, baby." |
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