Condoleezza Rice was born on a November 14, 1954, Birmingham, Alabama. Condi was born as the only child of Angeline and John Wesley Jr. Angeline (Condi’s Mother) was a teacher, while John (Condi’s father) was a counselor working at the same school Angeline did. Mid-1980’s – Rice went to a physical in Washington D.C., became director of the National Secretary Council. Rice grew up surrounded by Racism in the south, but went on to becoming the first woman and first African-American and graduated in Stanford University. Condi was appointed national secretary advisor by President George W. Bush, and she is the first black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State. Condoleezza had a hard time trusting people, the way she overcame that challenge is that she started being around them more and …show more content…
Secretary of State. Rice is famous because she is the first African-American woman to ever hold the position of the U.S. Secretary of States. After many years back, Rice was asked to help George W Bush run for president in 2000. When he became president, he named her national security advisor. After 9/11, Rice became important at the national & international levels. Rice also has spoken forcefully about the U.S. military action and polies to fight the Terrorists. In 2001, she proved to be an important and influential advisor to President Bush. Rice became the first African American to serve as U.S. Secretary of States. Rice once said “What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but what you did today cannot affect what you did