Colin Powell — the first Black U.S. Secretary of ... In the 1970s, Powell was awarded a White House Fellowship and assigned to the Office of Management and Budget during the administration ...
Colin Powell's family said in a statement that he ... Bush's Cabinet from 2001 to 2005. Prior to his White House tenure, Powell — a four-star general — was the 12th chairman of the Joint ...
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.