Anthony Starks on Recreating Du Bois’s Iconic Style By Allen Hillery Allen would like to acknowledge Anthony Starks for his expert assistance with this article. Earlier this month, Sekou Tyler, Anthony Starks and I thought it was important to recognize the accomplishments of W.E.B. Du Bois. Du Bois’ sophisticated quantitative research leveraging data visualization, [...]
How W.E.B Du Bois Used Data Visualization to Debunk Social Darwinism and Tell A Story of Resilience Editor's note: A version of the following article by Allen Hillery also appears on the Nightingale blog of the Data Visualization Society here. For other articles written by Mr. Hillery, see his Medium page. William Edward Burghardt Du [...]
The Domino Sugar Factory was one of several sugar factories located in Northern Brooklyn. Having once produced more than half the sugar consumed in the US in the early 20th century, this NYC landmark represents the industrial waterfront this area was. Photo: Paul Raphaelson {Note: This blog post was written by Data Literacy Advisory Board member [...]
