Resources


Having seen the Paramount motion picture Keep the Faith, Baby with Harry Lennix and Vanessa Williams, and having read the brief biography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. on this site, you're probably interested in knowing more...

This page will soon have a list of links to other relevant pages on the World Wide Web, including those of family members; as well as a list of significant periodical articles on Adam Clayton Powell, and several available biographies in print. Until then, the best site for information is probably Wikipedia, whose disambiguation page links to information about family members.

Preliminary list of books:
  • Against the Tide by Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
     
  • Against Cheap Grace in a World Come of Age: an intellectual biography of Clayton Powell (Sr.), 1865-1953 by Ralph Clingan.
     
  • Picketing Hell (out of print) by Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
  • Adam by Adam, the autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
     
  • King of the Cats, Roy Haygood's biography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
     
  • Adam Clayton Powell, Charles Hamilton's biography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.