2001 - Colin L. Powell, First African American Secretary ofState

Colin Luther Powell was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve in that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Gulf War. He was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1997 Powell founded America's Promise with the objective of helping children from all socioeconomic sectors.

John Clifton

1989

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Source: Biographies – Colin Powell: United States Secretary of State. African American History Month, US Department of Defense. Retrieved on March 8, 2013 from http://www.defense.gov/specials/AfricanAm2003/powell.html

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John Clifton

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