Du Bois Data Portraits

The book contains the first complete collection of data visualization graphics from the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Along with the 63 graphics are four chapters which set the historical context. The book was co-edited by Drs. Baptiste and Rusert, who contribute the opening essay, and includes an overview of the Paris exhibit by Dr. Aldon Morris, renowned sociologist and author of The Scholar Denied. W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology.

The collection of twelve essays established Du Bois as a public figure and one of the first public Black scholars. The essays investigate the phrase, “the color line is the problem of the 20th century.” The essays range from a reflection of the condition of African Americans at the beginning of the 20th century, and his own personal experiences with personal tragedies and racism.

The book explains the significance of W.E.B. Du Bois to the beginnings of the field of sociology. He developed a methodology of careful observation, and evidence gathering prior to advancing theories. Dr. Morris shows how the work of Du Bois was rendered invisible by others working in the field, especially Robert E. Park from the University of Chicago, and Booker T. Washington.

As the world prepared for the Exposition Universalle de 1900 in Paris, W. E. B. Du Bois was approached to help represent African American life. He came with a cache of stunning photographs to illustrate the progress of Negroes in America -- thereby offering a photographic counterpoint to the prolific stereotyping of blacks that left viewers awestruck.

How W.E.B. Du Bois combined photographs and infographics to communicate the everyday realities of Black lives and the inequities of race in America.

At the 1900 Paris Exposition the pioneering sociologist and activist W.E.B. Du Bois presented an exhibit representing the progress of African Americans since the abolition of slavery. In striking graphic visualisations and photographs.

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This book details essential strategies to create more effective data visualizations. Jonathan Schwabish walks readers through the steps of creating better graphs and how to move beyond simple line, bar, and pie charts. Through more than five hundred examples, he demonstrates the do's and don'ts of data visualization, the principles of visual perception, and how to make subjective style decisions around a chart's design.

In How Charts Lie, data visualization expert Alberto Cairo teaches us to not only spot the lies in deceptive visuals, but also to take advantage of good ones to understand complex stories. Public conversations are increasingly propelled by numbers, and to make sense of them we must be able to decode and use visual information.