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When Emperor Haile Selassie lived in exile in England

9/10/2024 • 9 min

In 1936, Haile Selassie came to Bath in the west of England to escape Mussolini and the fascists who had invaded Ethiopia. He bought a property – Fairfield House - and moved his entire family and staff there. He quickly became the talk of the town. The local paper ran daily updates on the Emperor’s schedule and dispelled rumours such as the Emperor’s beard "havi… Play episode

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Brown v the Board of Education
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