Harlem Parade: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Passing in a Car
1971, oil on canvas, 41" x 51"

This 1964 Harlem parade honored U.S. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who later served as chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor under President Lyndon Johnson. Delaney expressed how the Harlem community felt about Powell by scrawling "Baby, I love you" across the upper left area of the canvas.