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 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น in Ethiopia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น