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Adam Clayton Powell: an autobiographical documentary
- Title
- Adam Clayton Powell: an autobiographical documentary / directed by Gil Noble.
- Publication
- New York : WABC TV, 1979.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual DVD-174 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white segments; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Documents the life of Adam Clayton Powell, Congressman and pastor of the largest Black congregation in the country, and his efforts to eliminate oppression and injustice in America. This extensive interview took place a short time before Powell's death and includes film segments from his career as Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and as legislator on Capital Hill. The pianist Hazel Scott, in an interview, discusses her role as wife of then Congressman Powell.
- Uniform Title
- Like it is (Television program)
- Subjects
- African American legislators > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- African Americans > Biography
- Clergy > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972
- Biographical television programs
- Documentary television programs
- African American Baptists > Biography
- United States > Congress > House > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographical television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Credits (note)
- Producer, Gil Noble.
- Event (note)
- Originally broadcast November 29, 1979 on WABC TV as a segment of "Like it is" hosted by Gil Noble.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-174
- OCLC
- 783626657
- Title
- Adam Clayton Powell: an autobiographical documentary / directed by Gil Noble.
- Imprint
- New York : WABC TV, 1979.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Event
- Originally broadcast November 29, 1979 on WABC TV as a segment of "Like it is" hosted by Gil Noble.
- Credits
- Producer, Gil Noble.
- System Details
- DVD.
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- Added Author
- Noble, Gil, television director.Scott, Hazel, interviewee.Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972.WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Like it is (Television program)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-174