Plot: Handsome, passionate, and an electrifying speaker, Adam Clayton Powell rose from being the son of a Harlem preacher to being a powerful 12-term Congressman--but his many accomplishments have been forgotten in the wake of the self-indulgence, arrogance, and demagoguery that dominated Powell's later years.
Release Date:
Friday, December 1 1989 35 years ago
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Shirley Chisholm