I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's an entire section where he talks about experiencing segregation. Colin Powell did not appear when he became head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That's not how it happened.
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I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's a
I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's a
I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's a
I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's a
I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's a
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