In 1935, 20,000 African Americans
in New York, Chicago, Boston and Detroit volunteered to fight for Ethiopia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น against the Italian ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น invasion. They were barred from
leaving and threatened with imprisonment. But, the U.S. allowed Italian Americans to fight for Italy in Ethiopia...