Get to Know Condoleezza Rice

BET.com takes a look back at her trailblazing career.

2012 - In 2012, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice became Augusta National Golf Club's first African-American female member. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images for Golfweek)
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Good on Paper - Rice is also a published author: she co-wrote both The Gorbachev Era in 1986 and Germany Unified and Europe Transformed in 1997. Additionally, she authored Uncertain Allegiance — The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army in 1984, among other titles. (Photo: Amazon.com)

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Back to Her Roots - In recent years, Rice has stepped out of the political spotlight and back into the classroom. She is currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy [SD1] at Stanford University. (Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone)

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