THE WASHINGTON POST
Colin Luther Powell was born in New York’s Harlem neighborhood on April 5, 1937. His parents, Luther and the former Maud Ariel McKoy, had emigrated from Jamaica in their 20s and found work in the garment district. In 1941, the family moved to the South Bronx, where Colin and his older sister, Marilyn, grew up in a multiethnic community of West Indian, Italian and Jewish immigrants.
The post Colin L. Powell, former secretary of state and military leader, dies at 84 appeared first on Peril Of Africa.
source https://perilofafrica.com/2021/10/colin-l-powell-former-secretary-of-state-and-military-leader-dies-at-84.html
