Adam Clayton Powell Jr. scrapbook collection, 1967.

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. scrapbook collection, 1967.

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Scrapbook of news clippings about Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and allegations of corruption against him while a U.S. Representative from Harlem in 1967. Newspaper articles are from the Pittsburgh Courier, Chicago Daily Defender, Freedomways, and Crisis.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972

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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was a Baptist pastor and an American politician, who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was the first African-American to be elected from New York to Congress. Re-elected for nearly three decades, Powell became a powerful national politician of the Democratic Party, and served as a national spokesman on civil rights and social issues. He also urg...