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Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr (1908–1972)| US Democratic politician. A leader of New York's black community, he was elected to the city council in 1941. He was appointed to Congress in 1944, and later became chair of the House Education and Labor Committee. Following charges of corruption, he was denied his seat in Congress in 1967. Re-elected in 1968, he won back his seniority after a decision of the US Supreme Court in 1969. |
| Born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, and educated at Colgate University, Powell received a doctorate from Shaw University 1938. |
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