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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 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. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from New York, as well as the first from any state in the Northeast. 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.

American - Politician | November 29, 1908 - April 4, 1972

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During past years, like frightened children, we were afraid to eat the strong meat of human rights and instead sucked the milk of civil rights from the breasts of white liberals, black Uncle Toms, and Aunt Jemimas.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

I believe that Christianity in the United States has been dragging its feet, and I don't think there's any other force in America that has been more detrimental to the solution of our racial problems than Christianity.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

The black masses must demand and refuse to accept nothing less than that proportionate percentage of the political spoils such as jobs, elective offices and appointments... They must reject the shameful racial tokenism that characterizes the political life of America today.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs. — © Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

It's never the right time to take a particular stand.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

There is no future for a people who deny their past.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. — © Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

No one can say Christianity has failed. It has never been tried.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of my father and mother, and the power of the mass action of the church.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

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