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Some Black Americans shunned capitalism and once looked to “Red” China as a “vision of Utopia,” said Keisha A. Brown, an assistant professor of history and Asian studies scholar at the Tennessee State University, according to The Economist. Du Bois wasn’t the first Black notable to visit China. Renowned poet Langston Hughes wrote his anti-colonial poem, “Roar China!” after visiting Shanghai in 1933.
Du Bois traveled to China with his wife, Shirley Graham Du Bois, an award-winning writer and activist. She was the one who spearheaded the trip. Chairman Mao welcomed the couple to his villa in Wuhan during their eight-week tour of China.
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