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Condoleezza Rice, Ph.D. (informally Condi Rice) (born November 14, 1954), became United States National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush on January 22, 2001. She is the second African American (after Colin Powell) and the first female National Security Advisor.In November 2004, she was nominated by President Bush to replace Colin Powell as United States Secretary of State. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Rice will be the second African American (after Colin Powell) and second female (after Madeleine Albright) Secretary of State.
1 Childhood
Rice was born in Birmingham, AlabamaBirmingham is the largest city in the U. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. The city also occupies portions of Shelby County. Though the population of the city itself is only 242,820 ( 2000 U. census), it serves as the major nucleus, as an only child to Angelena Rice and Reverend John Wesley Rice , Jr. Her father became a minister at Westminster PresbyterianPresbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. There are many sepa Church and her mother was a music teacher. Both her parents were university professors. In 1967, the family moved to Denver when her father accepted the position of Vice Chancellor at the Univesity of Denver. Her name is a variation on the Italian musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness." [1]
She was born the same year as the landmark Brown v. Board of EducationHayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Court decision declaring segregation unconstitutional Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 347 U. 483 ( 1954) was a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court decision. Rice was nine when her schoolmate Denise McNair was killed in the bombing of the Black Sixteenth Street Baptist ChurchThe 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing was a turning point of the US civil rights movement of the 1960s. The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was a rallying point for many of civil rights activities. On Sunday, September 15, 1963, Ku Klux by white supremacists on September 15September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). There are 107 days remaining. Events 608 Saint Boniface IV becomes Pope 921 Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin. 1514 Thomas Wolsey appointed Archbishop, 1963Events January-March January 11 The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 Elysee treaty between France and Germany January 28 Black student Harvey. Rice states her childhood during segregationRacial segregation is a kind of formalized or institutionalized discrimination on the basis of race, characterized by their separation from each other. The separation may be geographical, but is usually supported by providing services through separate ins taught her determination against adversity, and the need to be "twice as good" as non-minorities [2].
2 Education
After studying piano at an Aspen music camp, Rice enrolled and at 15, began attending classes at the University of Denver with the goal of becoming a concert pianist. Her plans changed when she attended a course on international politics taught by Josef Korbel, the father of former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, that sparked her interest in the Soviet Union and international relations, leading her to call Korbel "one of the most central figures in my life" [3].
At 19, Rice earned her bachelor's degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974. In 1975, she obtained her master's degree from the University of Notre Dame, and in 1981 she received her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. In addition to English, she speaks Russian, French, and Spanish.
