King of the Cats - The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Informationen zum Autor Wil Haygood is an award-winning writer for the Washington Post . He is also the author of In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. and his family memoir, The Haygoods of Columbus . Klappentext Before Barack Obama, Colin Powell, and Martin Luther King, Jr., there was Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. -- the most celebrated and controversial black politician of his generation. An astute businessman known as "Mr. Civil Rights," he represented Harlem for twenty-four years in the House of Representatives. He was a man of the cloth and a civil rights leader, but Powell's reputation for flamboyance, arrogance, and womanizing made him his own worst enemy. In this towering and definitive biography, acclaimed journalist Wil Haygood paints a vivid portrait of one of black America's most memorable dignitaries. Zusammenfassung Before Barack Obama! Colin Powell! and Martin Luther King! Jr.! there was Adam Clayton Powell! Jr. -- the most celebrated and controversial black politician of his generation. An astute businessman known as "Mr. Civil Rights!" he represented Harlem for twenty-four years in the House of Representatives. He was a man of the cloth and a civil rights leader! but Powell's reputation for flamboyance! arrogance! and womanizing made him his own worst enemy. In this towering and definitive biography! acclaimed journalist Wil Haygood paints a vivid portrait of one of black America's most memorable dignitaries.

Product details

• Authors: Wil Haygood, Haygood Wil
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2006
• EAN: 9780060842413
• ISBN: 978-0-06-084241-3
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, RELIGION: History, HISTORY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Religious, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General, POETRY: Women Authors, SCIENCE: History, RELIGION: Faith