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Powell urges unity as Watts crowds celebrate in exile lecture
Adam Clayton Powell, arriving from exile in the Bahamas, walks three miles through riot scarred Watts to UCLA where he will deliver a 14 lecture series on the black revolution. He calls on the crowd to keep the faith and says history will remember the start of the civil rights era in Watts. Powell, 59, is escorted by the Black Students Association amid large auto caravans and cheering supporters.
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