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Alma Powell
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Alma Vivian Powell (née Johnson), born in Birmingham, Alabama, is an African American audiologist and the wife of military and political figure Colin Powell, whom she married on August 25, 1962. She is a graduate of Fisk University.
She is the mother of former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Powell. Her father and uncle were principals of two of the black high schools in Birmingham; Condoleezza Rice's father worked in her uncle's school as a guidance counselor.
Alma Powell is the Co-Chair of America's Promise, an alliance of national organizations dedicated to teaching today’s youth.
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Alma Vivian Powell (née Johnson), born in Birmingham, Alabama, is an African American audiologist and the wife of military and political figure Colin Powell, whom she married on August 25, 1962. She is a graduate of Fisk University.
She is the mother of former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Powell. Her father and uncle were principals of two of the black high schools in Birmingham; Condoleezza Rice's father worked in her uncle's school as a guidance counselor.
Alma Powell is the Co-Chair of America's Promise, an alliance of national organizations dedicated to teaching today’s youth. She has also authored two children's books, America's Promise and My Little Red Wagon.
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