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Charles Bernard Rangel (/ ˈ r æ ŋ ɡ əl / RANG-gəl; [1] born June 11, 1930) is an American politician who was a U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House of Representatives at the time of his retirement in 2017, having served continuously since 1971.
The family changed its surname to Powell when they moved to Kanawha County, West Virginia, as part of their new life there. [6] [13] According to Charles V. Hamilton, a 1991 biographer of Powell, Anthony Bush "decided to take the name Powell as a new identity", [14] and this is how they were recorded in the 1880 census. [15]
Adam Clayton Powell Sr. Adam Clayton Powell (May 5, 1865 [1] [2] – June 12, 1953) was an American pastor who developed the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York as the largest Protestant congregation in the country, with 10,000 members.
Rep. Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat who has represented Harlem for four decades, will face a rare trial before the House Ethics Committee on 13 charges that he misused his position as the ...
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Powell was born to civil rights leader and former congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and his third wife Yvette Diago in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [1] He was named Adam Clayton Powell Diago, as is the Spanish naming custom of using the mother's surname as part of his official name. [1]
The Rangel endorsement builds on momentum Adams gained through another recent vote of support, which came last week from the Hotel Trades Council of New York, a union that represents more than ...
The "Gang of Four", (clockwise, from top left) David Dinkins, Basil Paterson, Percy Sutton and Charles Rangel The Gang of Four , also known as the Harlem Clubhouse , was an African-American political coalition from Harlem whose members later ascended to top political posts.