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January 20, 2001

Colin Powell Becomes Secretary of State

Colin Powell was sworn in as the first African American Secretary of State.

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April 5, 1937

Colin Powell Born

Colin Powell, the first African American Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was born in Harlem, New York.

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