On May 5, 1865, pastor and civil rights activist Adam Clayton Powell Sr. was born in Franklin County, Virginia. After a troubled youth, he turned to Christianity and later earned a degree from Wayland Seminary in 1892. Powell married Mattie Fletcher and had two children, including Adam Clayton Powell Jr. In 1893, he became pastor […]
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