The Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership will contain five departments of the social sciences: Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology. Popular programs like Black Studies, International Studies, International Relations, Latin American and Latino Studies, Pre-Law, Public Service Management and Women’s Studies will also be housed in the school.
Born in the South Bronx to Jamaican immigrants, the nation’s first Black Secretary of State who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, graduated from City College in 1958.
