If Du Bois was a prophet without honor in his own country, he was hailed as a visionary by non-western nations. He was warmly received in visits to the Peoples' Republic of China and the Soviet Union and was a guest in the newly independent states of Africa. Du Bois also devoted his time to writing and speaking, producing an enormous amount of articles, speeches and a trilogy of novels which he titled The Black Flame.
![Du Bois addressing the first Afro-Asian Writers' Conference, Tashkent, U.S.S.R., October, 1958](../../collections/galleries/dubois/thumb/ms0312-0648.jpg)
Du Bois addressing the first Afro-Asian Writers' Conference, Tashkent, U.S.S.R., October, 1958.
![Du Bois in the garden of Paul Robeson's home in London, Fall 1958](../../collections/galleries/dubois/thumb/ms0312-0497.jpg)
Du Bois in the garden of Paul Robeson's home in London, Fall 1958.
![Premier Nikita Khrushchev greets Du Bois on a trip to the Soviet Union in 1958](../../collections/galleries/dubois/thumb/ms0312-0642.jpg)
Premier Nikita Khrushchev greets Du Bois on a trip to the Soviet Union in 1958.
![Du Bois with Chairman Mao Tse Tung, 1959](../../collections/galleries/dubois/thumb/ms0312-0741.jpg)
Du Bois with Chairman Mao Tse Tung, 1959.
![The Peoples' Republic of China honored Du Bois on his 91st birthday in Peking](../../collections/galleries/dubois/thumb/ms0312-0739.jpg)
The Peoples' Republic of China honored Du Bois on his 91st birthday in Peking.
![Du Bois and Shirley Graham Du Bois in front of guest house, Cheng-Du, China, April 1959](../../collections/galleries/dubois/thumb/ms0312-0672.jpg)
Du Bois and Shirley Graham Du Bois in front of guest house, Cheng-Du, China, April 1959
![Three pioneers in Afro-American education: Du Bois with Mary McLeod Bethune and Horace Mann Bond](../../collections/galleries/dubois/thumb/ms0312-0548.jpg)
Three pioneers in Afro-American education: Du Bois with Mary McLeod Bethune and Horace Mann Bond.