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W.E.B. DuBois and China

W.E.B. DuBois and Shirley Graham DuBois being greeted by Mao Tse-tung on their visit to China in 1959.
W.E.B. DuBois and Shirley Graham DuBois being greeted by Mao Tse-tung on their visit to China in 1959.

This informal blog explores the relationship between African Americans and Asians. In light of the current crisis regarding discrimination against AAPI groups, this blog is useful in exploring the long-standing and complex interactions between African Americans and Asians as seen through the lenses of one of the most preeminent Black intellectuals of the 20th century W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963)

NOTE: This informational blog was compiled by and reprinted with permission from Abdul Akailmat, PhD

DuBois' Visit to China https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b246-i002?fbclid=IwAR0GeNANyZbL3rigal5AgFS86QTQz1CFlfNqupAiGuD7b0O77lRDrLiREUM

DuBois poem, I sing to China https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b161-i367

DuBois and Mao (photos) https://www.google.com/search?q=dubois+mao&client=firefox-b-1-e&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=-BSM7QZq2m-p_M%253A%252CVbRCnPVE58QEqM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQGmQs_gtMMIER-R6Q8HYMFhroPlQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjeq-K7m8XoAhUYVc0KHdg_AzwQ9QEwAXoECAcQGw#imgrc=-BSM7QZq2m-p_M:

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