50Th Anniversary of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I

<P><b>50th Anniversary of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I: First Visit to the United States (1954 - 2004)</b> is the only book that documents the historic first visit of an African Emperor to America. The book features a day-to-day city-by-city chronology of the Emperor's visit that includes toasts and speeches given by the Emperor as well as by President Eisenhower UN Secretary General Dag Hammerksjold various city Mayors University Presidents and military and church officials. The book includes more than one hundred photographs from the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa Ethiopia as well as forty clippings from American newspapers.</P><P>The book also contains an analysis of the Emperor's influence on the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that was passed just eight days before His Imperial Majesty's arrival in America as well as the siginifigance of the Emperor's visit in American and African American History.</P><p><br clear=all><A NAME=goto2></A><HR ALIGN=LEFT>