W.E.B. Du Bois's Remarkable Data Visualizations

"Belief is not science..."

In 1900, visitors to the Paris Exposition stopped in astonishment before a wall of colorful charts. Each one told a story of Black life in America, and each was a masterpiece in data visualization. For every writer—indeed, every person who wants to share information with an audience—the question arises: what is the best way to present that information? …