Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Smoking
by Bettmann
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Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Smoking
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) The room is smoke-filled as Democratic representative Adam Clayton Powell speaks to the press after celebrating his 38th anniversary with the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. A judge in Federal Court here ordered a hearing November 22nd to determine whether Powell should be barred from retaining his seat in Congress despite his decisive re-election. The judge set the hearing to consider a charge that the congressman was not a bona fide inhabitant of New York. Powell also received a fourth jail term imposed by the court for his repeated violations of court orders to account for his refusal to acknowledge a debt of $164,000 arising from a defamation-of-character suit.
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May 12th, 2020
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