Well, Colin Powell was born in 1937. It's a safe assumption he was named that year - presumably, by his parents. He was promoted to General in 1989.
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African American
At Harvard University, where he was receiving his law degree, he was named the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. And in politics, he became the first African-American president of the United States.
The very first African American senator was named Hiram Rhodes Revels. (Hiram Rhodes Revels) became the first African American US senator in 1870. When Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis resigned to become president of the Confederacy, Revels completed his term.
The inventor of the egg incubator was an African American named Granville Woods. Other inventions of Woods includes the automatic brake and the air brake.
Nope. Only for being the First African-American Lady of the White House.
The first African American President, who is presently in his second term of office, is named Barack Obama.