J. Raymond Jones
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John Raymond Jones, known as "The Harlem Fox", was an American Democratic Party politician who served on the New York City Council from 1963 to 1969. As the founder and longtime leader of the George W
Jones c. 1966
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He wa
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…political machine in majority Black Harlem, Jones was a political mentor and patron to two generations of Black Harlem political leaders, including Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Constance Baker Motley, Robert C. Weaver, David Dinkins, Basil A. Paterson, Charles Rangel, and Percy Sutton. He was eventually succeeded by the "Gang…
Adam Clayon Powell Jr
Powell's Colgate University portrait c. 1930
Powell addressing a citizens' committee mass meeting, November 1942
A Harlem newsboy stands next to a flyer for People's Voice, May 1943