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Isabel Washington Powell. Isabel "Belle" Geraldine Washington Powell (May 23, 1908 – May 1, 2007) was a dancer, showgirl, and actress during the Harlem Renaissance. She was the first wife of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and after their divorce, she went on to work in the Harlem public school system.
9 août 2005 · Isabel Powell was a dancer, actress, and educator who married Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the first African American congressman from the east coast. Learn about her life, career, and legacy in this biography and interview from The HistoryMakers.
27 avr. 2022 · Genealogy for Isabel Geraldine Powell (Washington) (1909 - 2007) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
3 juin 2014 · Isabel Washington was a singer, dancer and actress who married Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a politician and son of a Harlem pastor. She starred in Bessie Smith's only film, "St. Louis Blues", and became a special education teacher after their divorce.
In 1944, Powell helped her husband become the first African American elected to the United States Congress from the east coast. In 1945, the Powells’ marriage ended in divorce. Powell went on to serve as a teacher’s aide in New York’s Harlem community public schools for over thirty years.
The papers of singer, actress, and teacher Isabel Washington Powell document her career and life from 1929 to 2007. They include correspondence, news clippings, a scrapbook, photographs, and other items related to her stage work, marriage, and social service.
3 mai 2007 · Isabel Washington Powell, a vibrant and familiar figure in the Oak Bluffs African American summer colony that traces its origins to the early twentieth century, died Tuesday at her home in Harlem, N.Y. She was 98.
