This is the memoir of the late Isabel Washington Powell -- Cotton Club dancer and movie star in the 1920's, political activist and "Queen of Harlem" in the 1930's and 40's, and the first wife of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. It is an exceptional story of the Harlem Renaissance and the early life of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. as the Pastor of the largest African-American church in the U.S. at the time -- Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, his early civil rights battles, his time as a member of the New York City Council and later ...
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This is the memoir of the late Isabel Washington Powell -- Cotton Club dancer and movie star in the 1920's, political activist and "Queen of Harlem" in the 1930's and 40's, and the first wife of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. It is an exceptional story of the Harlem Renaissance and the early life of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. as the Pastor of the largest African-American church in the U.S. at the time -- Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, his early civil rights battles, his time as a member of the New York City Council and later running for Congress. Told by the woman who knew Adam best, much of this story has never been published before. Written as a first person narrative, "Adam's Belle" captures the reader's attention.
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New in New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 200pp/illus. This is the incredible autobiography of the late Isabel Washington Powell from her early years as a young "drama queen" with her big sister, Fredi Washington, in early 1900's Savannah, Georgia; her young adult years as a Cotton Club dancer in Harlem during the 1920's; her marriage to Adam Clayton Powell in the 1930's; her divorce following his election to Congress in 1945; and her life after Adam. It was the love and support of her family and especially her sister, Fredi Washington (star of the 1929 film "Black and Tan Fantasy" and the Academy Award nominated 1934 film "Imitation of Life") that enabled her to survive. ISBN 10: 0-9816102-1-8 New.
