Adam Clayton Powell on 'A New Breed of Cats'

KTVU News footage from January 1968 featuring a speech by Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-72) who reflects on the meaning of "Black Power". He identifies a "new breed of cats" in the context of fresh approaches to achieving civil rights. This speech makes reference to the Black Panther Party Stokely Carmichael Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and several other figures of national importance. Opens with views of Powell getting off an aeroplane and being greeted. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.