One of a series of short films produced in 1969 by Charles Grinker and Mert Koplin, “Which Way USA — Black Views on Race” provided brief portraits of many African American leaders including Martin Luther King, Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sidney Poitier, and others. This episode features Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 –1972). Powell was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented Harlem from 1945-71. He often served as a national spokesman on civil rights and social issues. He also urged United States presidents to support emerging nations in Africa and Asia as they gained independence after colonialism. As chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, he supported the passage of important social and civil rights legislation under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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