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The W.E.B. Du Bois Center at the University of Massachusetts: W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America (2018)

A fantastic review of how W. E. B. Du Bois's data portraits were so ahead of its time

Not only did he operate with great financial constraint but he was also constantly ignored by sociologists of his time. This pioneering work won a gold medal at the exposition where these charts were showcased. What a beautiful set of charts. Worth learning from and seeing in detail. I was gutted by the chart that showed how dramatically Black population increased after civil war. To me that was the sign that a lot of violence / death impacted the enslaved people. So much pain hidden in one chart.