The long struggle for equality and justice was illuminated by the life and example of Martin Luther King whose thinking and work today enthrals millions of people in the world and who was the reason, in my view, why a black citizen, at a moment of deep crisis, reached the U.S. presidency.

Reflections by Comrade Fidel: THE MEETING WITH BARBARA LEE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BLACK CAUCUS, April 7, 2009