1967 Press Photo Adam Clayton Powell preached Palm Sunday sermon on Bimini

Adam Clayton Powell who backed down from a promise to walk the streets of Harlem on the Palm Sunday preached a brief sermon at Bimini where he has been living to avoid arrest on a criminal contempt charge. Powell cancelled his promised trip to Harlem last Friday announcing his arrest would cause rioting which he did not want to start.

Photo is dated 1967.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches.