小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔

　　亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔是浸信会牧师和美国政治家，从1945年到1971年，他在美国众议院代表纽约市哈莱姆区。他是第一个从纽约当选为国会议员的非裔美国人。

小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔(Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.)名言

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.

黑人群众必须要求和拒绝接受不超过工作，选举办公室和任命等政治腐败的比例的东西。。。他们必须拒绝代表当今美国政治生活的可耻的种族象征主义。

小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔

I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.

我提倡对民主感兴趣的美国公民应远离连锁店。

小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔

Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.

只有立法，司法和行政措施才能完全保证自由世界的胜利。

小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔

Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.

我国正在发生巨大的变化，消除了二等公民的概念。

小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔

I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.

我很荣幸成为美国国会议员。

小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔

I believe that Christianity in the United States has been dragging its feet, and I don't think there's any other force in America that has been more detrimental to the solution of our racial problems than Christianity.

我相信美国的基督教一直在拖延脚步，而且我认为美国没有其他力量比基督教更不利于解决种族问题。

小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔

Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs.

在黑人提供20％选票的地方，他们应该拥有20％的工作。

小亚当·克莱顿·鲍威尔

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.

在过去的几年中，我们像受惊的孩子一样，害怕吃饱人权的肉，反而从白人自由主义者，黑人汤姆斯叔叔和杰米玛斯姨妈的乳汁中吸取了公民权利。