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Colin Luther Powell was born on May 5,1937 in Presbyterian Hospital. He was born in South Bronx, New York City were he grew up. Having grown up in the Bronx he was subjected to drugs, violence and gangs, but that never influenced him. His aspirations and goals stood way ahead of the “hard knock” life that he grew up in. Colin Powell’s parents Muad Ariel Mckoy and Luther Powell were immigrants from Jamaica. In there home lands the Powell’s were farmers. This humble and hard working life style his parents grew up in perforated Colin Powell’s spirit. His parents past and history is what drove Colin Powell to work hard and strive for the bes