Background
Powell, Adam Clayton was born on November 29, 1908 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Adam Clayton and Mattie Fletcher (Schafer) Powell.
Powell, Adam Clayton was born on November 29, 1908 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Adam Clayton and Mattie Fletcher (Schafer) Powell.
Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, 1930. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1932, Doctor of Divinity, Shaw University, 1935. Doctor of Laws, Virginia Union University, 1947.
; married second, Hazel Scott, August 1945 (division). 1 son, Adam Clayton III. Married 3d, Yvette Diago.
1 son, Adam Diago. Minister, Abyssinian Baptist Church, 1937-1960.
Elected to City Council of New York, 1941. Founder People's Voice, editor in chief, co-publisher, 1942.
Elected to Congress November 1945. Member 79th-87th Congresses from New York 16th District.
Member 88th-91st Congresses, New York 18th District, Chairman of Commission education and labor, until 1967.
Delaware Parliamentary World Government Conference, London, 1951-1952, International Labor Organization Conference Geneva, Switzerland, 1961, 63, 64.
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Member 79th-87th Congresses from New York 16th District. Member 88th-91st Congresses, New York 18th District, Chairman of Commission education and labor, until 1967. Delaware Parliamentary World Government Conference, London, 1951-1952, International Labor Organization Conference Geneva, Switzerland, 1961, 63, 64.
Member World Association Parliamentarians on World Government (vice president).
Married Isabel Geraldine Washington, March 8, 1933 (divorced 1943). Married second, Hazel Scott, August 1945 (divorced). Married 3d, Yvette Diago.