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King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (Reprint Edition) by Wil Haygood Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-06-084241-5 / 0060842415 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-084241-3 / 9780060842413 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 Representativ |