Colin Powell was the first African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as U.S. Secretary of ...

The roots of Irish and African solidarity can be traced to colonial ... as did boxing great Muhammad Ali and Gen. Colin Powell. Black personalities with Irish genes include former U.S. President ...

The term “weapons of mass distraction” evolved from the similar-sounding “weapons of mass destruction”. That term was introduced to the global lexicon in 2003, when it was littered all over the ...

The comment, “OK, Boomer,” has become a popular way to dismiss people in their 60s and 70s as old and irrelevant. It’s ...

America’s history is as complex as it is beautiful—a kaleidoscope of triumphs, trials, terrors and truths. Yet, for far too ...

Reginald Lewis was a role model for all Black Americans in business, especially entrepreneurs like himself, writes.

Forensic DNA was still novel and not well recognized by Americans in 1995. It would be a few years before DNA typing became the centerpiece of television programming such as the CSI franchise. Indeed, ...

Was it reaffirmation that criminal justice can favor wealthy celebrity-defendants like Simpson, an African American football ... the surging popularity of Colin Powell, a black four-star Army ...

That honor belonged to the late Gen. Colin Powell. RELATED: San Antonio native becomes the first African American to lead the Air Force The removal of the instructional videos on the Tuskegee ...

Many excellent African Americans and others who had been turned down for promotions got a second look. One of them was Colin ...