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Chapters 1-5

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: McKay, Claude, Amiable with Big Teeth, Penguin Books, 2017.

• Chapter 1 begins with a parade through Harlem in 1936.

• The parade welcomes Lij Tekla Alamaya, an Ethiopian envoy, who has come to raise money for the defense of Ethiopia, which is fighting the Italians led by Mussolini.

• Professor Koazhy, a professor of African and African-American studies, joins the parade.

• He wears an ancient Ethiopian military uniform, and his grand entrance stirs excitement among the crowds watching the parade.

• After the parade, leaders of the Hands of Ethiopia, the organization collecting funds for Ethiopia, give speeches and introduce Alamaya.

• The crowd demands that Koazhy be allowed to speak.

• His speech is very inspiring, and he makes a call for donations that raises quite a bit of money.

• The leaders of Hands to Ethiopia are not pleased that...

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