W.E.B. DuBois' Data Portraits by Whitney Battle-Baptiste and Britt Rusert et. al. is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late October.

Infographics & photos created and curated for a 1900 exhibition in Paris to chart out the economic, land ownership, and scholarship status of African American living in the U.S. (particularly Atlanta, sometimes compared those living in European countries) and Du Bois’ sociological concept of the color line. The use of gouache watercolor is eyecatchingly progressive and impactful, as well as the trajectory of data going off-course (i.e. into a spiral or curve) and crosshatching with data of a different year or population.

Phenomenal presentation of these critical historical documents. The essays accompanying the data visualizations are excellent and give much context around how DuBois came to create these images. Can't wait to get my hands on a print copy!