The Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Sr., a Franklin County native who became a prominent minister and early civil rights leader, was honored Sept. 26 during the NAACP’s 13th annual Freedom Fund Luncheon at the Pig River Community Center.
Adam Clayton Powell III, 80, served as emcee and spoke about his grandfather’s legacy as a minister and civil rights leader who led Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York.
The Rev. John W. Kinney, dean emeritus of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, delivered the keynote address, focusing on Powell Sr.’s life and his leadership of what became one of the nation’s largest churches. Kinney was introduced by Gloria Freeman Martin, a longtime Union Hall resident…