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| Title: | Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. chats with actor Orson Welles, circa 1944, Los Angeles |
| Date: | 1944 |
| Description: | Photograph of Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., second from left, chatting with actor Orson Welles, right. The four men appear to be on a movie set, because the words "20th Century Fox" are printed on a cabinet on the left of the photo and Welles wears a theatrical costume. A civil rights activist in New York City, Powell succeeded his father as pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church in 1936. In 1944, Powell was elected to the U.S. Congress, where he challenged the informal regulations forbidding African-American representatives from using Capitol facilities reserved for members only. Powell introduced legislation to outlaw lynching and the poll tax and to ban discrimination in the armed forces, housing, employment and transportation. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton), 1865-1953 | Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 | Actors--California--Los Angeles | Costume | African Americans--Civil rights--California--Los Angeles | African American civil rights workers--California--Los Angeles | African American civil rights workers--New York (State) | African American men--California--Los Angeles | Civil rights workers--California--Los Angeles | Los Angeles (Calif.) | Los Angeles County (Calif.) |
| Collection: | Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection |
| Institution: | University of Southern California Libraries |
| Contributors: | Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research | University of Southern California. Digital Archive | Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection (University of Southern California. Digital Archive) |
| Online Publisher: | [Los Angeles, Calif.] : University of Southern California Digital Archive |
| Original Material: | Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles |
| Rights and Usage: | Cite as: [photographer]. [title]. From the Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles. Digitally reproduced by the University of Southern California Digital Archive. Available: http://digarc.usc.edu. Accessed [date]. Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research Researchers may make single copies of images solely for the purpose of private study. Copies for any other purpose must be requested in writing from the director of Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research at the address or e-mail given (phone (323) 759-6063; fax (323) 759-2252). When the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research gives permission for publication, it is as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Charlotta Bass / California Eagle collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/view/scl-m0310.html |
