Adam Clayton Powell

Well done and well balanced
If you talk to people who were around during the days of ACP (and having often visited relatives in Harlem as a child, I did), they will tell you that Powell was either a pimp or a prophet. This DVD does an excellent job at examining both sides.

It uses interviews and generous newsreel footage to tell the tale of Powell, who used his good looks and articulation to his advantage to fight for the dispossesed and for his own place in the world. He dazzled the Black poor with stirring speeches that articulated his anger and used his influence as one of the first Black post-reconstruction Congressmen to advance education and civil rights legislation. However, this good side was overshadowed by his love of wine, women, and song (one clip actually shows a drunk Powell ranting at critics) as well as his tendency to skip congressional sessions whenever he felt like it and naked ruthlessness (at one point, the film shows his envy over the younger MLK leading him to start unfounded...

excellent!
What a remarkable story on this country's most effective legislators in all of history, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

This film will bring light into the minds of the young people today of this strong tower and pillar of strength and power that many weren't aware. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr is truly as Good as it Gets!

awesome
Must see. Can't wait to see it again and again and again. I only wish it showed more of his accomplishments. Such as him being instrumental in. Exporting Jazz over seas!

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