Deconstructing Power: W. E. B. Du Bois at the 1900 World’s Fair Curator Tour | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

In this guided exhibition tour, visitors will explore the groundbreaking data visualizations W. E. B. Du Bois created for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair. On loan from the Library of Congress, the hand-drawn diagrams used shape, line, and color to showcase the success Black Americans had achieved despite facing pervasive racism in the United States

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
@jmsdnns @mekkaokereke such fascinating work, it’s amazing what he was able to accomplish with drafting tools and no computers