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growing up in the bronx could only look to a joe lewis or ralph bunch or to a jackie robinson for inspiration. maybe it was because even though i grew up in an integrated neighborhood in new york city, i knew i was a second glass citizen. do you think powell understood the role model he became for black kids around the country and his legacy, especially as it comes to race relations and black americans in this country? oh, absolutely. in fact, don, he never forgot really where he came from. in fact, you know, he benefited from others also. let s remember it was the carter administration in 1977 when the first black secretary of the army, clifford alexander, was there. and in 1977, the army s one-star list of brigadier generals came out, and clifford alexander asked a question, is there no one of color who could possibly be a general officer? and he really pushed that. so the very next year, a colonel

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