Powell, the child of Jamaican immigrants who grew up in the Bronx, was a hero in Vietnam who upon his return stayed in the military and rapidly rose through the ranks.ДЇrom when he was 13 until his sophomore year at the City College of New York, Powell worked for SickserвЂ™s, a Jewish-owned shop in the Bronx that sold goods to new parents - many of them Jewish who spoke Yiddish as a first language.

Bush, who commanded the successful first Gulf War and as secretary of state from 2001 to 2005 under BushвЂ™s son, President George W. Powell made history three times as the first Black man in a senior security position: As President Ronald ReaganвЂ™s last national security adviser from 1987 to 1989 as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993 under President George H.W. He was fully vaccinated and, according to news reports, had been undergoing treatments for blood cancer. He died of COVID-19, his family said on Facebook. policy in the region, died Monday aged 84. secretary of state who brokered the вЂњroad mapвЂќ to a two-state peace deal that still informs much of U.S. He was also the first military chief to speak Yiddish as a second language, and he loved surprising Jews with his skill. national security advisor, the first Black military chief of staff and the first Black secretary of state. WASHINGTON ( JTA) - Colin Powell will be remembered in history as the first Black U.S. (Getty Images/Pool photo via JTA)Д¬olin Powell loved to surprise Jewish people he met with his second language, Yiddish. US Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem on February 25, 2001.

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