Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Politician
1908-11-29 – 1972-04-04
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was an American pastor and politician who represented Harlem in the U.S. House of Representatives for decades.
Quotes by Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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The black masses must demand and refuse to accept nothing less than that proportionate percentage of the political spoils such as jobs, elective offices and appointments... They must reject the shameful racial tokenism that characterizes the political life of America today.
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During past years, like frightened children, we were afraid to eat the strong meat of human rights and instead sucked the milk of civil rights from the breasts of white liberals, black Uncle Toms, and Aunt Jemimas.
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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens!
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It's never the right time to take a particular stand.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all of mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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There is no future for a people who deny their past.
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
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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 jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.
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