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As a patriot and Black man, Colin Powell embodied the ‘two-ness’ of the African American experience
Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history.
The former secretary of state – who died on Oct. 18, 2021 at 84 as a result of COVID-19 complications – was a pioneer: the first Black national security advisor in U.S. history, the first Black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and also the first Black man to become secretary of state.
- Chad Williams
- The Conversation
But his “American journey” – as he described it in the title of a 2003 …