I don't know much about Adam Powell's younger days, but I know that as a congressman, he was blacker than thou, the most vociferous, black racist in America. He was Al Sharpton before there ever was an Al Sharpton. He claimed that the corruption charges against him were motivated entirely by racism. Note too that Powell was the head preacher at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem (inherited form his dad, Adam Sr.), the largest and most influential black church in America. And in his womanizing, he was a classic example of the tradition of black preachers who "minister" to female members of their flock. And minister ... and minister (As in, Oh, Minister! Oh, Minister! Ohhh, Minister!!!)
And if you think the current owner of the name is pretty, you should have seen the father (grandfather?) Imagine Clark Gable with light brown skin. And Adam was supposedly a grand demagogue of an orator. Great pipes.
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07/03/2004 4:58:33 PM PDT by
mrustow
("And when Moses saw the golden calf, he shouted out to the heavens, 'Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!'")