Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He wa
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Powell's Colgate University portrait c. 1930
Powell addressing a citizens' committee mass meeting, November 1942
A Harlem newsboy stands next to a flyer for People's Voice, May 1943
Hazel Scott
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Hazel Dorothy Scott was an American jazz and classical pianist and singer. An outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation, she used her influence to improve the representation of Black A
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…the Land" because she attended a reception for the Daughters of the American Revolution after the organization had refused to allow the black pianist Hazel Scott, Powell's wife, to perform at the DAR Constitution Hall and Truman's attendance was seen as an endorsement of this racism. As one of only two black…
Scott in 1947
Scott on December 17, 1943, playing at Naval Station Great Lakes
Flyer for The Hazel Scott Show, 1950
Scott during a visit to Israel, December 2, 1962