As an American leader, Colin Powell’s credentials were impeccable: He was national security adviser, chairman of the Joint Chiefs and secretary of state.
The students were suspended for five days after a Georgia school principal denied their request to have a demonstration in response to students parading with a Confederate flag
He was only 35, the youngest man to have received the prestigious award at the time. When he was notified that he'd won, he declared that he would donate his prize money of $54,123 to the Civil Rights Movement.
Cryptocurrencies have surged so much that their total value has reached nearly $2.5 trillion, rivaling the world's most valuable company, and have amassed more than 200 million users.
Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses this week in an effort to provide flexibility as the campaign for extra shots expands.
The former secretary of state was a pioneer: the first Black national security advisor in U.S. history, the first Black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and also the first Black man to become secretary of state.
