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To: Cicero

I’m old and recall Adam Clayton Powell....was he from Harlem?


4 posted on 06/20/2014 8:41:10 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer
I’m old and recall Adam Clayton Powell....was he from Harlem?

Sure was. And Charlie is the one who replaced him.

6 posted on 06/20/2014 8:44:33 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Yes, that’s right. The news media finally went after Adam Clayton Powell and proclaimed that he was a crook. So Harlem elected Charlie Rangel to replace him.

One of life’s comic moments—in a certain way.


9 posted on 06/20/2014 8:48:09 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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