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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 feb 2008 · Learn about the life and legacy of Adam Clayton Powell Sr., a prominent African American minister and civil rights activist. He was the father of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a congressman and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
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.
29 ago 2019 · Un membro del Congresso degli Stati Uniti, attivista per i diritti civili e ministro, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. è nato il 29 novembre 1908 a New Haven, nel Connecticut. Come suo padre aveva fatto prima di lui, Powell servì come pastore della famosa chiesa battista abissina ad Harlem, New York.
23 ott 2017 · Learn about the life and legacy of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., the pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, and his son, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the civil rights leader and congressman. Discover how they shaped the black church and community in New York and beyond.
28 feb 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.
On December 30, 1908, in Abyssinian’s 100 th anniversary year, the Rev. Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. became Abyssinian’s 17 th pastor. Powell ushered in a new era in the church’s history, known as “The Powell Years.’’
