Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972

  • Adam Clayton Powell in Berkeley

    Adam Clayton Powell delivers a speech to 4,000 students in the lower plaza of the Student Union at the Berkeley Campus of the University of California, recorded on Friday, January 12, 1968. Powell speaks about Black power, and he speaks against the Vietnam war.

  • Adam Clayton Powell testimony

    Actuality of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell’s testimony before the Senate subcommittee on executive reorganization examining social conditions in Black Harlem. Powell titled his testimony “Solving the Black urban crisis.” Within the speech, Clayton explains the term that he has coined, “Black power.” The committee was chaired by Senator Abraham Ribicoff, former governor of Connecticut. Bad…