We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
— Haile Selassie Modern

Ethiopian Emperor

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Speech to the United Nations

Date / Period

1963

Category

Shocking

Source

https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/haile-selassies-address-united-nations-1…

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