Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history. The former US secretary of state, who died on October 18, 2021, at 84 as a result of Covid-19 complications, was a pioneer: the first black national security adviser in US history, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and also the first black […]
Author Archives: Chad Williams
Chad Williams is the Samuel J and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.