Colin Powell -

Colin Powell, military leader and the first Black US secretary of state, passed away in 2021 from Covid-19 complications, at the age of 84. Powell had a remarkable history and played a powerful role across several Republican administrations from the end of the 20th century to the early years of the 21st, and when he was sworn in as George W. Bush's secretary of state in 2001, he became the highest-ranking Black public official to date in the country, standing fourth in the presidential line of succession. He later grew disillusioned with the Republicans and threw this weight behind Democrats, most notably Barack Obama, the first Black president.

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