Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

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King of the cats : the life and times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. / by Haygood, Wil

Faithful republic : religion and politics in modern America /

Table of Contents: “…"A Third Force": The Civil Rights Ministry of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. /…”
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African-American orators : a bio-critical sourcebook /

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African-American orators : a bio-critical sourcebook /

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Speeches by Black Americans, by O'Neill, Daniel J.

Table of Contents: “…--Whitney M. Young, Jr.--Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.--Carl T. Rowan.--Floyd McKissick.…”

Servants of the people : the 1960s legacy of African-American leadership / by Williams, Lea Esther

Table of Contents: “…Young Jr. and vanguard leadership -- Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: the uses and abuses of charismatic power -- Fannie Lou Hamer, the voice of a servant-leader -- Whence and wherefore -- Claiming the legacy: leadership for the twenty-first century -- Lessons for leaders -- Chronology.…”

Living our stories, telling our truths : autobiography and the making of the African-American intellectual tradition / by Franklin, V. P. 1947-

Servants of the People : the 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership / by Williams, Lea E.

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Milestone documents of American leaders : exploring the primary sources of notable Americans /

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The Walking city : the Montgomery bus boycott, 1955-1956 /

Table of Contents: “…Gilliam -- From Harlem to Montgomery : the bus boycotts and leadership of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Martin Luther King, Jr. / Dominic J. …”

The jazz ambassadors /

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Congressional committee chairmen : three who made an evolution / by Reeves, Andrée E., 1958-

Table of Contents: “…The Chairmanship of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; Portrait of the Chairman; Orientation of the Chairman; Leadership: Institutional versus Personal Resources; Powell's Legal Difficulties; Powell's Leadership in Retrospect; 5. …”
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The bright boys : a history of Townsend Harris High School / by Lebow, Eileen F.

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Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2022 /

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Rumor, repression, and racial politics : how the harassment of Black elected officials shaped post-civil rights America / by Musgrove, George Derek, 1975-

Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America / by Haygood, Wil

Barred by Congress : how a Mormon, a socialist, and an African American elected by the people were excluded from office / by Lichtman, Robert M., 1933-

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Heir to the crescent moon / by Abdur-Rahman, Sufiya

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Autobiography of a people : three centuries of African American history told by those who lived it /

Table of Contents: “…Wells Barnett (1862-1931) -- Matthew Henson (1866-1955) -- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1890-1941) -- Jack Johnson (1878-1946) -- Ethel Waters (1896-1977) -- Addie Hunton (1875-1943) -- Harry Haywood (1898-1985) -- Era Bell Thompson (1906-1986) -- Dorothy West (1909-1998) -- Richard Wright (1908-1960) -- Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) -- Langston Hughes (1898-1967) -- Howard "Stretch" Johnson (1915-) -- Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) -- Pauli Murray (1910-1985) -- Nate Shaw (c. 1900-) -- Haywood Patterson (1913-1952) -- James Cameron (1914-) -- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972) -- Conrad Lynn (1908-1995) -- Marian Anderson (1900-1993) -- Nelson Peery (1923-) -- Althea Gibson (1927-) -- A. …”