Bright Flight
Travel summaries (based on files):
James Baldwin
- March 1966 - Istanbul, Turkey (multiple previous visits)
- December 23, 1966 - Fight 615, Air France from Istanbul, Turkey to Paris, France
- Chelsea, London, England as temporary residence
- July 1932-June 1933 - Russia
- December 1934-June 1935 - Mexico
- March 7, 1936 - year-long trip to Spain via the SS Champlain
- July 1937 - Valencia, Spain to attend the Second International Congress of Writers
- December 30, 1965 - three-week trip to France and Tunisia
- June 12, 1930 - six-month trip to France, England, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland via the SS Paris to study music and sight-see
- July 5, 1955 - three-month trip to accompany her husband, W. E. B. Du Bois, to France, Czechoslovakia, and Poland via Air France; application was DENIED due to her alleged ties to the Communist Party; application had been denied once before
- October 10, 1958 - Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) stops placed on passport
- Review of entries in Passport Number 1103545 for 1958-1959
- March 27-April 21, 1959 - trip to China: Kunming, Canton (Guangzhou), Shanghai, Nanking (Nanjing), and Peking (Beijing)
- June 20, 1960 - three-month trip to the Republic of Ghana to accompany her husband to the inauguration of the Ghana as a republic (July 1, 1960)
- October 11, 1961 - arrived in the Republic of Ghana to stay
- October 4, 1963 - renounces United States citizenship to become a citizen of the Republic of Ghana
- February 1970 - applies for Tanzanian visitor's visa to travel to the United States for lecture engagements at various universities; Du Bois was granted a visa but denied admission into the U.S.
- August/September 1970 - attempts to reenter the U.S. to participate in Black Hall of Fame ceremony; application was approved
- January-July 1975 - application for reentry into the U.S. for writer-in-residence at the University of Massachusetts, sponsored by the W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
- September 11,1958 - W. E. B. Du Bois delivered what was considered "a strong anti-United States speech at The Hague"
- October 10, 1958 - Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) stops placed on passport
- March 27-April 21, 1959 - trip to China: Kunming, Canton (Guangzhou), Shanghai, Nanking (Nanjing), and Peking (Beijing)
- June 20, 1960 - three-month trip to the Republic of Ghana to accompany her husband to the inauguration of the Ghana as a republic (July 1, 1960)
- October 11, 1961 - arrived in the Republic of Ghana to stay
- March 11, 1963 - W. E. B. renounces United States citizenship to become a citizen of the Republic of Ghana
- August 27, 1963 - W. E. B. Du Bois passes at 95 in Accra
- September 17, 1940 - Wright requested passport for travel beginning October 15, 1940 to the Soviet Union; visiting as guest of the League of Russian Writers; Passport office "unable to validate his passport for the journey"
- April 15, 1946 - plans to travel to Paris
- May 1946 - took up residence in Paris
- as reported February 11, 1960 (nine months before his death), Wright resided at 14 Rue Monsieur le Prince, Paris 6
