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...... While leaders from the more distant past are important and will be discussed, the writer would like to keep the focus on leaders that are either still around today or that have not been gone that long. One of these individuals who is/was a great leader and who will still be regarded as such as time moves on is Colin Powell, the other leader that will be discussed here is Martin Luther King and what he did for racial equality
General Colin Powell does not see himself as a hero, but many people view him that way. He prefers to be seen more as a role model for what African-Americans, and individuals in general, can accomplish. He is an ROTC graduate, and has been in the Army for over thirty years. In those thirty years, he spent two tours in Vietnam and received a Bronze Star for rescuing four other soldiers from a downed and burning helicopter. After various different commands and duties, he became the national security adviser at the White House......

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