Alma Powell

Alma Powell

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".

References

* [http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2006/09/11/barack_obama?currentPage=6]
* [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9604/11/alma/index.shtml Alma Powell Says She Worried For Husband's Safety] , CNN AllPolitics, April 11, 1996
* [http://www.fiveanddime.net/condoleezza-rice-for-president-in-2008/]


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