[David McCullough narrates a biography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.].

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David McCullough narrates a biography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., a former pastor and the first Black congressman from the Northeast United States who served eleven terms as a powerful fighter for civil rights representing New York. Activist Marian Logan describes Powell as a "once in a lifetime" m...

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Corporate Author: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Broadcaster)
Other Authors: McCullough, David G. (Speaker)
Logan, Marion (Speaker)
Crosby, Daniel (Speaker)
Powell, Isabel Washington, 1908- (Speaker)
Gunther, Lenworth (Speaker)
Jones, J. Raymond (John Raymond), 1899-1991 (Speaker)
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 (Speaker)
Butt, Calvin (Speaker)
Dodson, Hattie (Speaker)
Hamilton, Charles V. (Speaker)
Baker, Wyatt E. (Speaker)
Wilkins, Roger W., 1932-2017 (Speaker)
Brademas, John, 1927-2016 (Speaker)
Lester, Julius, 1939-2018 (Speaker)
Davis, John A. (John Aubrey), 1912-2002 (Speaker)
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999 (Speaker)
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (Speaker)
Van Deerlin, Lionel (Speaker)
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972 (Speaker)
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 (Speaker)
Language:English
Subjects:
Powell, Adam Clayton, > Jr., > 1908-1972.
Legislators > United States > 20th century > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > 20th century > Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:1 audio file (55 min., 52 sec.)
Format: Audio Software
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David McCullough narrates a biography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., a former pastor and the first Black congressman from the Northeast United States who served eleven terms as a powerful fighter for civil rights representing New York. Activist Marian Logan describes Powell as a "once in a lifetime" man. Powell speaks powerfully against segregation, political harassment against him, and racism in America. Followers describe Powell as a figment of hope for races discriminated against in Congress and evidence of high Black success in his early political career. Powell announces his removal from Congress during a California rally. McCullough provides a brief eulogy for Powell's passing in 1972.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Originally broadcast on PBS-TV.
On "The American experience."
Ends abruptly.
Call Number:M4820 bd.2
Voice 35571
Playing Time:00:55:52
Event Details:
Broadcast 1989 November 28.