Fidel Castro, communist revolutionary and dictator of Cuba, was born on the Las Manacas sugar plantation, a 26,000-acre estate. Growing up as a wealthy plantation owner's son, he noticed the differences between the haves and the have nots. He wore shoes to school, for example, while most of the other students went barefoot.

In opposition to the dictatorship of Batista, Fidel Castro organized a revolutionary army to take over power and better the lot of his country. Castro became Dictator of Cuba and is still holding on to that office for over the last 40 years.

Cuba supported Black Americans during the civil rights movement. During the 1960's young Black Americans went to Cuba to cut sugar cane and learn about socialism. At this time Cuba is economically depressed, and Castro remains Cuba's Dictator.