One person with this surname described his birth in Franklin County, Virginia, and move to New York, where he influenced the visiting Dietrich Boenhoffer as the pastor of the U.S.'s largest Protestant congregation.
One person with this surname described his birth in Franklin County, Virginia, and move to New York, where he influenced the visiting Dietrich Boenhoffer as the pastor of the U.S.'s largest Protestant congregation. Another person with this last name refused to pay a slander judgment for calling Esther James a "bag woman" and was punched by Democrat Cleve Bailey for repeatedly introducing a rider that prohibited the release of Federal funds to institutions that did not desegregate after Brown v. Board. That person with this surname was refused his seat by John William McCormick, leading to a Supreme Court case ruling that Congress cannot impose on its members requirements for good standing not explicitly elaborated in the Constitution. A man nicknamed "Mr. Civil Rights" had this surname and was, like his father, a pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church. For 10 points, give this surname of a U.S. congressman succeeded by Chuck Rangel, a Harlem-based social advocated named Adam Clayton.
One person with this surname described his birth in Franklin County, Virginia, and move to New York, where he influenced the visiting Dietrich Boenhoffer as the pastor of the U.S.'s largest Protestant congregation.
Powell [accept Adam Clayton Powell Sr. or Jr.]