Memphis area reacts to the death of Colin Powell

By , Special to The Daily Memphian; , Daily Memphian Updated: October 18, 2021 11:03 AM CT | Published: October 18, 2021 10:16 AM CT

Rep. Antonio Parkinson tweeted: “The passing of Secretary Powell is a huge loss to Black America... He was a hero at every turn.”

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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