Designstripe presents

The Books of Design

A content series telling the story of artists, movements and mediums that influenced the evolution of design, illustration and technology, and where they intersect.

Our second instalment celebrates W.E.B. Du Bois, the American sociologist and civil rights activist who used pioneering data visualization techniques to paint a nuanced picture of Black life in the US at the turn of the century and refute the racist dogma of the day.

The word "Negro" appears frequently in the images you'll see in this story. It’s not a word we take lightly, but it is the term Du Bois chose (and actually attempted to reclaim) throughout his career. This story is a celebration of his visionary work, and so we have chosen to not alter his charts and keep the text and titles as they are, while contextualizing his use of language.

Alphonse Mucha

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The Georgia Negro

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Relative Negro population of the states of the United States

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The states of the United States according to their Negro population

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Negro population of Georgia

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Negro population of Georgia by counties

1890

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Negro population of Georgia by counties

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Comparative increase of white and colored population of Georgia

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Migration of Negroes

1890

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Age distribution of Georgia Negroes compared with France

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Conjugal condition

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City and rural population

1890

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Slaves and free Negroes

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Race amalgamation in Georgia based on a study of 40000 individuals of Negro descent

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Illiteracy

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Negro children enrolled in the public schools

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Negro teachers in Georgia public schools

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Number of Negro students taking the various courses of study offered in Georgia schools

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Value of land owned by Georgia Negroes

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Acres of land owned by Negroes in Georgia

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Land owned by Negroes in Georgia, USA

1870 - 1900

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Valuation of town and city property owned by Georgia Negroes

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Assessed valuation of of all taxable property owned by Georgia Negroes

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Negro property in two cities of Georgia

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Value of farming tools

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Assessed value of household and kitchen furniture owned by Georgia Negroes

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Occupations in which 10000 or more American Negroes are engaged

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Occupations of Negroes and whites in Georgia

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Occupations

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Occupations and income

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Condition of 300 Negro farm tenants after 1 year's toil

1898

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Income and expenditure of 150 Negro families in Atlanta Ga., USA

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Family budgets

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Family budgets

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Albany Dougherty County Ga. Distribution of 2500 Negro inhabitants

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McIntosh County Georgia

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Darien McIntosh Co. Ga. Distribution of 1000 Negro inhabitants

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A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America

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Distribution of Negroes in the United States.

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Increase of the Negro population in the United States of America

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Comparative rate of increase of the white and Negro elements of the population of the United States

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Negro population of the United States compared with the total population of other countries

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Proportion of Negroes in the total population of the United States

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Occupations in which American Negroes are engaged

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Proportion of whites and Negroes in the different classes of occupation in the United States

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Occupations in which 10000 or more American Negroes are engaged

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Number of Negro teachers in the public schools of the United States

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Illiteracy of the American Negroes compared with that of other nations

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Enrollment in the Negro common schools of the former slave states of the United States

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Proportion of total Negro children of school age who are enrolled in the public schools

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The rise of the Negroes from slavery to freedom in one generation

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Proportion of freemen and slaves among American Negroes

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City and rural population among American Negroes in the former slave states

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Conjugal condition of American Negroes according to age periods

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The amalgamation of the white and black elements of the population in the United States

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Assessed value of property owned by Negroes in three states of the United States

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Negro landholders in various states of the United States

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Negro business men in the United States

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Pauperism among American Negroes

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Mortality of American Negroes

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Crime among American Negroes

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American Negro newspapers and periodicals

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Religion of American Negroes

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Statistics of Negro church organizations