General Powell in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield, 9/13/1990, NARA ID 6461786.
RIP Colin Powell
“The military was the only institution in all of America—because of Harry Truman—where a young black kid, now 21 years old, could dream the dream he dared not think about at age 11.It was the one place where the only thing that counted was courage, where the color of your guts and the color of your blood was more important than the color of your skin.” — Colin Powell on EO 9981 that ended segregation in the military.
Declaration of Intention for Luther Theophilus Powell's (Colin's dad) 12/12/1929. NARA ID 597950.
Then-Lt. Col/White House Fellow Powell with President Nixon, 3/9/1973. Online.
Brigadier Gen. Colin Powell, 1976. NARA ID 594395.
With President Reagan, 4/18/1988. NARA ID 75856049.
On 9/11/2001, from the Bush (43) Library, NARA ID 597950.
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Luther Powell's passenger arrival record, 1930 census record, and naturalization records online here.
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