the veteran told CNN that he had served as a contracting officer in the Army before leaving the military in June 2018. Anthony Maggert. (Facebook/Gen. Colin Powell) Maggert “grabbed the lug ...

Colin Powell was the first African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as U.S. Secretary of ...

Colin Powell and his rise through the ranks of our military. Let me explain why. Born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican immigrants, Powell became the U.S.’ first Black national security adviser ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Colin Powell will be remembered in history as the first Black U.S. national security advisor, the first Black military chief of staff and the first Black secretary of state.