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The Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building, named in honor of the first black congressman from New York, is located in the heart of Harlem in New York City. The facility is a nineteen-story highrise office building located on 125th Street and stands as the tallest building in Harlem.
Apr 4, 2023 · Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a US representative [D–New York] from January 1945 to January 1967 and January 1969 to January 1971, and chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor from 1961 to 1966.
Apr 11, 2019 · For nearly three decades, Democratic Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. represented Harlem in the U.S. House. He was the first African-American to be elected to Congress from New York.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (Nobyembre 29, 1908 – Abril 4, 1972) ay isang Amerikanong politiko na kumatawan sa Harlem, Bagong York sa Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan sa pagitan ng 1945 at 1971. Siya ang unang Aprikanong Amerikanong nahalal sa Kongreso na mula sa Bagong York.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was born on November 29, 1908, in New Haven, Connecticut to Adam Clayton Powell Senior and Mattie Buster Shaffer. Both his parents were of mixed racial origin and because of that young Powell was born with light complexion, blond hair and hazel eyes.
2. During the 89th Congress, a Special Subcommittee on Contracts of the Committee on House Administration conducted an investigation into the expenditures of the Committee on Education and Labor, of which petitioner Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was chairman.
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 ...
