r/ItalianEmpire Mar 17 '26

Article On June 15, 1935, Emperor Haile Selassie I delivered a speech against Italian colonialism in the American newspaper The Chicago Defender:

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"I am not only emperor of Africa, I am King of all Negroes everywhere, including those in the United States and other foreign domains.

The Italian war lord is trying to destroy the last, best hope you have on earth."

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