Colin Powell was a distinguished American military leader and diplomat whose career spanned decades of public service and ...

Family members, friends and top government officials gathered Friday to remember the life of Colin Powell, a top military official and former secretary of state. A memorial service was held at the ...

Colin Luther Powell was born in Harlem, New York, on April 5, 1937. He graduated from Community College of New York in 1958 and earned his commission through the ROTC as a second lieutenant in the ...

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early ...