I came across an interesting passage in Colin Powell's biography, My American Journey:

This a passage from My American Journey, PowellA photo posted by K Kumar (@sicstrap) on Jun 5, 2016 at 10:29am PDT

Given the death of Muhammad Ali, it was interesting to read his take on the Vietnam War as well:

“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and deni...