Colin Powell had a very interesting background. First of, Colin Powell was born on April 15, 1937, at Harlem's Presbyterian Hospital (Hughes 19). Furthermore Colin was born in Harlem, but for most of his childhood he lived in the South Bronx (Hughes 190. Moreover, Colin Powell got in some trouble when he was young, but nothing serious (Hughes 24). But on the other hand, when Colin was offered a job one day he accepted. The owner remembered Colin as a Hard-working man (Hughes 30). In conclusion, Colin Powell's childhood was pretty much average, like everyone else.

Colin Powell's education was average compared to everyone else's. During his high school, Morris High school, he made a C-average throughout the years (Hughes 32). For example, h

Colin Powell made many military contributions to humanity. One thing is when in college he joined the Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) and on gradation he became a second lieutenant in the United States Army (Levy 293). Later on after gradation Colin served in Vietnam for 2 years. He was also stationed in Korea (Hughes 63). However, in 1975 he enrolled at the National War college before given command of the Second Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division (Levy 294). Soon after graduation from Leavenworth he went on another tour of duty in Vietnam (Hughes 87). Later, in June 1979 Colin Powell was promoted to Brigadier General, earning his first of four stars (Hughes 112). Eventually, on April 4, 1989 Powell became a four-star general (Hughes 128). Nevertheless, on Oct. 1, 1989 Colin Powell leapfrogged over more than fifteen senior four-star generals to become the youngest, most junior, first ROTC graduate, and f

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