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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.
Early life and education. Powell was born in 1908 in New Haven, Connecticut, the second child and only son of Adam Clayton Powell Sr. and Mattie Buster Shaffer, born poor in Virginia and West Virginia, respectively. [3] His sister, Blanche, was 10 years older.
28 de feb. de 2017 · by Jerrod Hugenot | Feb 28, 2017 | Opinion. The Abyssinian Baptist Church surely is among the great congregations to rise up and minister to the urban multitudes in the history of New York City churches. Among their past ministers, Adam Clayton Powell Sr. is among the most visionary.
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.
29 de may. de 2020 · Adam Clayton Powell Sr. was the pastor of the famous Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. His leadership of the congregation through the early 20th century made him one of the most powerful men in Harlem. In 1937, Powell Jr. inherited the congregation from his father and continued its legacy of social and political action. Racial ...
29 de ago. de 2019 · Updated on August 29, 2019. A U.S. congressman, civil rights activist, and minister, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was born November 29, 1908, in New Haven, Connecticut. As his father had before him, Powell served as pastor of the famed Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York.
