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Adam Clayton Powell (May 5, 1865 – June 12, 1953) was an American pastor who developed the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York as the largest Protestant congregation in the country, with 10,000 members.
6 de feb. de 2008 · Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. was born on May 5, 1865, in Franklin County, Virginia to former slaves of African American, Native American, and German ancestry. He was raised in a family of seventeen children. During his youth, Powell lived a reckless life filled with gambling.
1930 Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. began service to Abyssinian as an Assistant Pastor and Director of Abyssinian’s Kitchen and Relief operations which fed and clothed thousands of Harlem’s needy during the Great Depression.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) [1] 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.
28 de feb. de 2017 · Among their past ministers, Adam Clayton Powell Sr. is among the most visionary. He led the church to move to Harlem to replant the congregation amid neighborhoods changing rapidly with the influx of African Americans moving into the city as part of the great migration in the early 20th century.
23 de oct. de 2017 · His father, Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., led Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, to become the largest black Protestant church in America. Although he was not directly involved in politics like his son, Powell, Sr., played a role in the civil rights struggles of the first half of the 20th century.
1929, Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., pastor of one of the best known black churches in the United States, Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, launched a campaign against homosexuality and other "vices" in the African American community.1 In his 1939 autobiography, Powell claimed that his motivation for
