Newspaper and magazine clippings : Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., [1945,1946,1954,1955,1960-70,73].

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Newspaper and magazine clippings : Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., [1945,1946,1954,1955,1960-70,73].

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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. African American Congressman, minister and civil rights activist, was one of the most controversial politicians and one of the most productive legislators. Folder includes law review articles, several copies of Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, Supreme Court Reporter and Congressioanl Record, primarily concerning his political career and the findings, report, recommendations, debate and resolutions to exclude Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from membership in the 19th Congress. Also included are remarks of Adam Clayton Powell in the House of Representatives.

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Temple University, Blockson Afro-American History Collection

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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...