In 1995, President Fidel Castro spoke at the Abyssinian
Baptist Church in
Harlem,
NYC. The almost entirely
Black audience was very enthusiastically pro-
Cuba and anti- typical
American government. For example, when Elombe Brathe, head of the Patrice Lumumba
Coalition and chair for the meeting, asked the
audience, "Who would you rather come to
Harlem,
Fidel or
Giuliani?", they replied "
Fidel,
Fidel!"
At some point, President Castro told the audience a story about members of the Congressional Black Caucus who had come to visit Cuba. One representative from Mississippi related how some of the towns in his district didn't have access to doctors. Fidel immediately offered his support to the representative, saying he would lend aid to the U.S., as he does to other third world countries in need. He went on to offer scholarships in his universities to those Americans in need of education and too poor to pay for it.
Sources: October 28, 1995 issue of the People's Weekly World
Democracy Now radio show.