Condoleezza rice (1954165438+1October 14) was born in Birmingham, Alabama, where apartheid prevailed, and was nicknamed Kandy. Different from the tragic fate of many black children there, Rice received a good education from an early age, grew up smoothly under the protection of her family, and achieved success by her own efforts.

The black pride of gifted children

The rice family believes in the harsh fact that black children can only be equal if they do twice as well as white children; Three times better, you can surpass each other. Parents told Condi that there are more opportunities outside Birmingham, and if she studies hard and strives for the top, she will be rewarded. "You may not get hamburgers in restaurants, but you may become president."

After entering the school, Kangdi studied very well. She skipped the first grade and the seventh grade. Recalling her childhood experience, Rice said: "Birmingham is bizarre and apartheid is hard to defeat, but the black community has established its own world. I have taken ballet classes, studied French and attended etiquette classes. " Condi's grandparents ensure that their children are not harmed by racism in all aspects. Kangdi's uncle recalled that his father would rather they went home to go to the toilet than use isolated bus facilities. "As a matter of fact, I have never been on an isolation bus in my life."

But by 1963, Birmingham has become a melting pot of violence and civil rights movement, and blacks have also become the target of Birmingham police authorities with deep-rooted racial concepts. Rice's father and most blacks had to arm themselves to prevent violent whites from entering the black community. From 65438 to 0969, my father got a teaching position at the University of Denver, and the whole family moved to Denver, completely divorced from the south where racial discrimination was serious. Condi entered St. Mary's school. She is 13 years old this year, and it is the first time for her to enter a non-segregated school.

Children learn piano and are obsessed with sports.

Kangdi's mother is a piano teacher, so Kangdi has been receiving her tireless music education since she was a child. Soon, she sat next to the stool where her mother played the organ in the church and began a mother-daughter ensemble. At the age of 4, she mastered some tunes and gave her first recital.

Condi has always dreamed of becoming a professional pianist. /kloc-at the age of 0/6, she entered the lamont Conservatory of Music of the University of Denver where her father was, and studied piano playing. However, during her sophomore and junior years in college, her carefully constructed plan was broken. That summer, she attended the famous Aspen Music Festival and met the most cruel competition in her life. "I met a child of 1 1 years old. They can play the music I want to practice for a year at a glance. I don't think I can play at Carnegie Hall one day. "

Besides piano, Condi is also very talented in sports. He plays tennis and figure skating very well. She gets up at 4: 30 every morning and goes to the skating rink to practice her footwork, from spinning, sideslip, forward, crossing and tiptoeing to combination movements and pair skating. As a child, influenced by her father, she was fascinated by American football. She once joked that if she could become the president of the American Football League, she would rather not be a national security adviser.

Opportunity changes life.

In college, an international affairs course changed her fate. The lecturer of that class was Joseph King, and the theme was Stalin, Lenin's successor. Rice suddenly found that "Soviet politics is so interesting", she said, "Russia made me jump out of music."

Rice admires Professor K very much, not only because he is a well-known expert in international affairs, but also because his opinions often inspire her. K also has a daughter, older than Rice 17 years old, who has a deep study of the Soviet Union. She is former US Secretary of State Albright.

19 years old, graduated from Rice University, and received his doctorate at the age of 26. She was proficient in four languages and later became a teaching assistant at Stanford University, specializing in Soviet military affairs.

Become attached to Bush's political actress

Rice first broke into Bush's circle at a dinner party at Stanford University in 1987. At that time, Rice's short and distinctive speeches attracted the interest of brent scowcroft, then President Ford's national security assistant. From Rice's speech, scowcroft found that Rice's views on the Soviet Union coincided with his political realism.

1988 After the general election, scowcroft became President Bush's national security assistant, and Rice was appointed as the director of the Soviet Affairs Department of the National Security Council, and soon became a personal friend of President Bush and his wife Barbara. After Bush left office, Condi returned to teach at Stanford University, but still maintained a friendship with the Bush family.

1995 After Bush was elected governor of Texas, Bush arranged for Rice to meet his son for the first time. In this meeting, the two talked about sports classics, and their common interest in sports made them quickly become friends. 1998, when they met again, the topic had turned to the diplomatic situation facing the next president. Facing the invitation of the Bush family, Rice did not hesitate at all. She quickly resigned from her teaching position at Stanford University to concentrate on assisting George W. Bush. After George W. Bush was elected president of the United States, Rice became the national security adviser of the United States and became one of the most dazzling political female stars in American politics.