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Haile Selassie I 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Ras Tafari Makonnen,[4] was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and emperor from 1930 to 1974. He also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 25 May 1963 to 17 July 1964 and 5 November 1966 to 11 September 1967. He was a member of the Solomonic Dynasty who traced his lineage to Emperor Lebna Dengel via his Shewan Amhara royal ancestors as a great-grandson of king Sahle Selassie. -wikipedia

"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph." -Haile Selassie

"We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. 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

"Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ." -Haile Selassie

I never heard about him. IMO some interesting history.