Author: Haygood, Wil,
Title: King of the Cats: the life and times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr..
Description: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. One of the most brilliant, charismatic & controversial politicians of his time, grandson of a slave, son of a minister,. he used his father's pulpit to raise up the poor & disadvantaged during the Great Depression, married a showgirl, started up his own newspaper, ran successfully for city council, elected first black congressman from Harlem which he held for 30 years.

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