W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits

Whitney Battle-Baptiste is the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Center and an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She wrote the book Black Feminist Archaeology.

Britt Rusert is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and the author of Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture.

The first complete publication of W.E.B. Du Bois's groundbreaking charts, graphs, and maps presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition is W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits. It is among the best books on infographics.

With his exhibition of data visualizations at the 1900 Paris Exposition, renowned sociologist, writer, and Black rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois fundamentally changed the representation of Black Americans. These data portraits, which are both beautiful in design and powerful in content, highlight a wide range of African American culture, from educational advancements to the lingering effects of slavery. They depict a literal and figurative representation of what he famously referred to as "the color line," which is now available in full color for the first time.

A seminal work in social history, graphic design, and data science.

• Data visualization, visualization, and infographics that are decades ahead of their time
  
• Colorful graphs and charts that are mesmerizing works of art in their own right
• Aldon Morris, Silas Munro, and Mabel O. Wilson contribute to this valuable companion to W.E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk.

Data Portraits by W.E.B. Du Bois is an informative and provocative history, data, and graphic design book that continues to captivate audiences today.

Author: The W.E.B. Du Bois Center at the University of Massachusetts, Britt Rusert and Whitney Battle-Baptiste

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