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(Historic tidbits about Ethiopia on this date on June 12) -------------------- --- Today hosts World Day Against Child Labour. --- On this date on June 12, 1953, the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Sr., former head of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem New York passed away. The REv. Powell Sr. lead the church from 1908 until 1936 (Source: Wikipedia blackpast.org) --- On this date on June 12, 1940, the Associated Press reported that 200,000 Ethiopian troops, wearing the uniform of former Emperor Haile Selassie, are battling Italians in Fascist occupied Ethiopia. --- On this date on June 12, 1935, the Associated Press reported that Ethiopian officials accused Italian agents today of attempting to buy the support of some chiefs of the Province of Ogaden, across the frontier from Italian Somaliland. (Photo: Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. was born on May 5 in Franklin County, Virginia to former slaves of African American, Native American, and German ancestry. (source: blackpast.org)
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:54:49 +0000

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