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# Adam Clayton Powell

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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

##  Quotes by Adam Clayton Powell

> [“Unless man is commited to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labours in vain and hypocritically in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-clayton-powell/unless-man-is-commited-to-the-belief-that-all-mankind-are-his/)

Adam Clayton Powell

[Equality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equality/)

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> [“I try to make my comments like a woman's skirt: long enough to be respectable and short enough to be interesting. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-clayton-powell/i-try-to-make-my-comments-like-a-woman-s-skirt-long-enough-to-be/)

Adam Clayton Powell

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/adam-clayton-powell-75578_comments_i-try-to-make-my-comments-like-a-woman-s_175566.jpg)

> [“I am a mystic. I believe in hearing the inaudible and touching the intangible and seeing the invisible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-clayton-powell/i-am-a-mystic-i-believe-in-hearing-the-inaudible-and-touching-the/)

Adam Clayton Powell

[Mystic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mystic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/adam-clayton-powell-75578_mystic_i-am-a-mystic-i-believe-in-hearing-the-i_3186428.jpg)

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