INDEED, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN DESPITE HIS CONSERVATIVE AND RIGHT WING IDEOLOGICAL POSTULATIONS WAS THE FIRST PERSON AND GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT BLACKS AND MINORITIES TO KEY USA GOVERNMENT POSITIONS, DR CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHO LATER BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE AND MAJOR GENERAL COLIN POWELL. ( MY FIRST MATERNAL COUSIN, MAJOR GENERAL AUSTIN BELL,ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE REAGAN AND BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS UNDER DR CONDOLLEEZA RICE AND MAJOR GENERAL COLLIN POWELL) . INDEED, IT WAS DURING THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION THAT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY WAS SIGNED INTO LAW AND IT WAS THE FIRST STEP AT MAKING AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MINORITIES, IN THE COUNTRY HAVE A FEELING OF BELONGING AND SELF WORTH. NO LONGER DID WE FEEL LIKE SECOND CLASS OR THIRD CLASS CITIZENS AND MANY EXCELLED TO MAKE US PROUD DURING THE REAGAN YEARS,MICHAEL JACKSON, MICHEAL JORDAN, REVEREND JESSE JACKSON,ALBERT SHARPTON, CONDOLLEEZA RICE,COLLIN POWELL, AND OTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN GREATS MADE THEIR MARKS AND REALLY EMERGED, DURING THE RONALD REAGAN YEARS.
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