this is by adam clayton powell. it was published right after he is elected in 1944. and he begins to serve in 1945. adam clayton powell was definitely a man ready with a program for progress. and ready to tell you all about it. he was the pastor of a baptist church in harlem. he represented a harlem district. and he served a very long time in congress. this is from the beginning of his congressional career. this later moving from the paper form to wax, it is a recording he made. it is called, keep the faith. it is a series of speaking meditations on a number of different issues. these kind of book end his career which is very long. , he is no william dawson. he has a different approach to how to do things. >> all human beings, black-and-white, rich and poor, equal in the sight of god. keep your faith and the life of your fellow man even though he abuses you. when he abuses you, he makes himself a lesser man. a great man once said, love your enemies. blessed them that curse you. pray. pray. pray for them. keep your faith. the 1970's, he was the person who kind of embod

. >> this is by adam clayton powell. this was published marching blacks. it's published right after he is elected in 1944 and begins to serve in 1945 and he was definitely a man ready for a progress and he was the pastor in harlem district and he serves a very long time in congress. this is from the beginning of his congressional career. this is later moving from the paper form to wax. a recording he made. keep the faith baby. it's a series of speaking meditations and these bookend his career. he has a very different approach to how to do things. >> all human beings black and white, rich and poor, equal in the sight of god. keep your faith in the life of your fellow man even though he abuses you. when he abuses you, he makes himself a lesser man. a great man once said love your enemies. bless them that curse you. do good to them that hate you and pray, pray, pray, pray, pray for them which despitefully use you. keep your faith. >> up through the 1970s powell was the person who kind of emotions bodied civil rights in the house, right? civil rights in congre

kennedy, representative adam clayton powell, in the course of his speaking tour in your behalf, is saying, and i quote: "the ku klux klan is riding again in this campaign. if it doesn't stop, all bigots will vote for nixon and all right-thinking christians and jews will vote for kennedy rather than be found in the ranks of the klan-minded." end quotation. governor michael disalle is saying much the same thing. what i would like to ask, senator kennedy, is what is the purpose of this sort of thing and how do you feel about it? mr. kennedy: well the que- the mr. griffin, i believe, who is the head of the klan, who lives in tampa, florida, indicated a in a statement, i think, two or three weeks ago that he was not going to vote for me, and that he was going to vote for mr. nixon. i do not suggest in any way, nor have i ever, that that indicates that mr. nixon has the slightest sympathy, involvement, or in any way imply any inferences in regard to the ku klux klan. that's absurd. i don't suggest that, i don't support it. i would disagree with it. mr. nixon knows very well that in this in this