As visually arresting as it is informative.-The Boston GlobeDu Bois's bold colors and geometric
shapes were decades ahead of modernist graphic design in America.-Fast Company's
Co.DesignW.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits is the first complete publication of W.E.B. Du Bois's
groundbreaking charts graphs and maps presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Famed
sociologist writer and Black rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois fundamentally changed the
representation of Black Americans with his exhibition of data visualizations at the 1900 Paris
Exposition. Beautiful in design and powerful in content these data portraits make visible a
wide spectrum of African American culture from advances in education to the lingering effects
of slavery. They convey a literal and figurative representation of what he famously referred to
as the color line collected here in full color for the first time. A landmark collection for
social history graphic design and data science. - Data display visualizations and
infographics far ahead of their time - Colorful graphs and charts are mesmerizing pieces of art
in their own right - A valuable companion to W.E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk -
Includes contributions from Aldon Morris Silas Munro and Mabel O. Wilson W.E.B. Du Bois's
Data Portraits is an informative and provocative history data and graphic design book that
continues to resonate with audiences today.
