General Colin L. Powell Oral History Interview

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The oral history consists of 2016.129.15.1a and 2016.129.15.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording. General Colin Powell was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. General Powell donated several items to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, including a uniform that was displayed in the Military History Gallery. In this interview conducted by National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch, General Colin Powell discusses his early life as the son of Jamaican immigrants and the journey to a long and distinguished military career that culminated in being appointed the first African American Secretary of State under President George W. Bush.

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