Early life
Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5, 1937[5] in Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, to Jamaican immigrant parents Maud Arial (née McKoy) and Luther Theophilus Powell. He also has Scottish ancestry.[6][7] Powell was raised in the South Bronx and attended Morris High School, from which he graduated in 1954. While at school, he worked at a local baby furniture .[8] He received his Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the City College of New York in 1958 and was a self-admitted C average student. He was later able to earn a Master of Business Administration degree from the George Washington University in 1971, after his second tour in Vietnam.

Colin Luther Powell est né le 5 avril 1937 [5] à Harlem, un voisinage dans la ville de New York du Manhattan, aux parents d'immigrant jamaïquains Maud Arial (née McKoy) et Luther Theophilus Powell. Il a aussi la généalogie écossaise. [6] [7] Powell a été augmenté(levé) au Sud le Bronx et le Lycée de Morris suivi(servi), une ancienne école publique dans le Bronx, dont il a obtenu un diplôme en 1954. Tandis que à l'école, il a travaillé(marché) à un magasin de meubles de bébé local où il a pris le Yiddish des commerçants et certains des clients. [8] Il a reçu son degré(diplôme) de Licence de biologie(Licencié de sciences) dans la géologie de l'Université de New York en 1958 et était C auto-admis font la moyenne l'étudiant. Il a pu plus tard gagner un degré(diplôme) de Master en administration des entreprises de George Washington l'Université en 1971, après son deuxième tour au Viêt-Nam.

Military career

Powell described joining the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) during college as one of the happiest experiences of his life; discovering something he loved and could do well, he felt he had "found himself." Cadet Powell joined the Pershing Rifles, the ROTC fraternal organization and drill team begun by General John Pershing. Even after he had become a General, Powell