Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. : The Political Biography of an American Dilemma by...

Atheneum, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing.

Contents: Prologue: An American dilemma
and a Political Career --The Fall from Power: Double Standard or Due
Punishment? --Born to Privilege and Pampering --The Pulpit and Protest,
1930s-1940s --Harlem: A Report to the Mayor and Advice from a Columnist
--Abyssinian Baptist Church: A Symbiotic Relationship --Preaching and
Picketing --The City Council and Mayor La Guardia --Congressional
Irritant, 1940s-1950s --Election to Congress and the Roosevelts
--President Truman and a Report: "To Secure These Rights" --The
Communist Party, the FBI, and "Mr. Civil Rights" --The Eisenhower
Administration, the "Powell Amendment," and the Liberals' Lament --The
Bandung Conference and a (Surprising) Voice for America --Alleged
Kickbacks and an Income Tax Investigation --Switch to President
Eisenhower, 1956 --Victory over Tammany Hall, 1958 --Surviving an Income
Tax Trial --Power and Paradox, 1960s --The New Frontier, a New
Chairman, and President Kennedy --The Great Society, "Mr. Chairman," and
President Johnson --"I will always do just what every other Congressman
... has done." --Exposing Crime and Corruption, and the "Bag Woman"
Case --Congressional Rebuke, Supreme Court Victory, and Electoral Defeat
--Legacy.Subjects: Powell, Adam Clayton, -- Jr., -- 1908-1972.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography. United States. -- Congress.
-- House -- Biography.