Adam Clayton Powell Sr.
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Most Influential Person Across History
American pastor
Why Is Adam Clayton Powell Sr. Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Adam Clayton Powell was an American pastor who developed the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York as the largest Protestant congregation in the country, with 10,000 members. He was an African American community activist, author, and the father of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Born into poverty in southwestern Virginia, Powell worked to put himself through school and Wayland Seminary, where he was ordained in 1892.
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