I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of my father and mother, and the power of the mass action of the church.
The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a ju… - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a ju…
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality. - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck. - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.
No one can say Christianity has failed. It has never been tried. - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
No one can say Christianity has failed. It has never been tried.
There is no future for a people who deny their past. - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
There is no future for a people who deny their past.
Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God. - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God.
It's never the right time to take a particular stand. - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
It's never the right time to take a particular stand.
I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of my fath… - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of my fath…
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