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On October 3, 1935 the forces of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini began their advance upon Ethiopia, known in earlier times as Abyssinia. Italy had long coveted the territory to expand their colonial influence in East Africa. In 1896, Ethiopians had turned back an Italian invasion at Adwa (Adowa), serving as an example of a Black-led country’s defiance of Europe. Taking inspiration from Ethiopia’s long history as an independent Black nation, two Black aviators Hubert Julian and John C. Robinson were drawn to Ethiopia by the events of 1935.
Hubert Julian
Hubert Fauntleroy Julian was born in Trinidad a year after the Ethiopian victory at Adwa. He moved to Canada after World War I, where he claims he learned to fly. In 1921, Julian traveled to New York where he found many references to Ethiopia. The Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City was formed in 1808 by a group of Black members of the First Baptist Church who r
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Left: Hubert Julian poses on the wheel of his plane named Abyssinia at Floyd Bennett Field, Long Island, New York, circa September 1933. Right: John C. Robinson in Addis Ababa, circa 1935-6. (Smithsonian)
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On October 3, 1935 the forces of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini began their advance upon Ethiopia, known in earlier times as Abyssinia. Italy had long coveted the territory to expand their colonial influence in East Africa. In 1896, Ethiopians had turned back an Italian invasion at Adwa, serving as an example of a Black-led country’s defiance of Europe. Taking inspiration from Ethiopia’s long history as an independent Black nation, two Black aviators Hubert Julian and John C. Robinson were drawn to Ethiopia by the events of 1935.
George McCalman February 24, 2021Updated: February 24, 2021, 4:37 pm
George McCalman, an artist and creative director in San Francisco, is working on a book, “Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen.” Photo: Aliena Zoe Cameron, Courtesy George McCalman
Five years ago, I began painting Black pioneers for Black History Month, one a day, as a self-directed fine art exercise. It seemed like a small thing at the time, my dawning interest swimming in an insurmountable ocean, but it felt like a gigantic personal step. I had to place parameters around my furtiveness. I wanted the pioneers I represented to be mostly unknown (at least to me) subjects. And I decided that I was going to use only black and white, because color was so overwhelmingly colorful. Oh, and I had not painted in 20 years, so I wasn’t even sure I could do it.