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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Italy Invades Ethiopia, World Freaks Out (1935) w/ Isaac-Davy Aronson
Description: It’s October 3rd. This day in 1935, Italian leader Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia, one of the only independent Black states in the world.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by MSNBC’s Isaac-Davy Aronson to discuss what Italy’s aggression did to the very fragile world order — and how the move reverberated around the Black diaspora.
Be sure to check out “Deja News,” which did an episode about this moment.
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