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W.E.B. Du Bois' hand-drawn charts from 1900 show the story of Black Americans through data

Map showing distribution of Black Americans created by W.E.B. Du Bois and team for the 1900 Paris Exposition. (Library of Congress)

Map showing distribution of Black Americans created by W.E.B. Du Bois and team for the 1900 Paris Exposition. (Library of Congress)

W.E.B. Du Bois was a pioneer in several ways, including being the first Black person to earn a doctorate from Harvard and founding what continues to be a prominent civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP.

He was also a pioneer in the field of data visualization.

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