Oct. 22, 2021
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Colin Powell: the man who might have been America’s first Black president

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Colin Powell in October 1995, a month before he decided against running for president. Photograph: David Sillitoe/The Guardian

The ex-general seriously considered running in 1995 but later felt himself increasingly out of step with the Republican party

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/19/colin-powell-the-man-who-might-have-been-america-first-black-president