The History of Black Internationalism

There's a long current in black America of what has come to be called black internationalism. The Negro Convention movement, among other things, was noted for its stand on Irish liberation and freeing Ireland from the British. And there's actually a very long history of African Americans speaking up about Irish liberation. So the fact that the Fair Play for Cuba Committee would have suggested this and probably was tapping into or attempting to tap into this current is not surprising.