photo credit: matt.herzog (Powell on the left)
Birth Name:
Colin Luther Powell
Birth Place:
Harlem, New York City, USA
Ethnicity:
Afro-Jamaican, Irish American
The Former American Secretary of State was born to Jamaican parents who moved to the US in the 1920s. His maternal grandfather’s name was Edwin McKoy and was of Irish ancestry.
Source:
http://www.wargs.com/political/powell.html
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“total23″ American is NOT an ethnicity.
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His Ethnicity Should Also Say American. He Is American, Born In America!
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