degree, before going to Emerson College to study speech pathology and audiology.

The couple eventually married within a year of meeting (viaVanderbilt).

You will have to do it alone."

Alma Powell at event

At that time, Powell’s cousin Bruce Llewellyn had revealed that “Colin really wants to run.

But Alma is adamant.

She’s totally against it” (viaIndependent).

Alma and Colin Powell with Barack Obama in the White House

She also received the Edward A. Bouchet Legacy Award from Howard University.

Alma Powell at the podium speaking