Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell died Monday morning of complications from COVID-19, his family said in a statement. The four-star general was the first Black Secretary of State in U.S. history, serving from 2001 to 2005 under former President George W. Bush. Powell was the son of two immigrants from Jamaica, and he was raised in the South Bronx, according to the Office of the Historian. After graduating from City College of New York, he joined the U.S. army in 1958 where he served for 35 years until his retirement in 1993. He rose the ranks and was promoted to the rank of general in 1989 and later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by former President George H.W. Bush. 📸 H. Darr Beiser, @usatoday; J. Scott Applewhite, @apnews; Department of Defense #colinpowell