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Dubois Challenge 2001-2025

History, process, examples of the Du Bois Challenge, with a view into 2025

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February 27, 2025
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Transcript

  1. Anthony Starks/@ajstarks #DuboisChallenge 2021-2025 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

  2. Du Bois Challenge 2024

  3. In 1900, it began with them… Thomas J. Calloway Du

    Bois in Paris

  4. …and Atlanta Universty Atlanta University Debating Team, c. 1900 Women

    seated on steps at Atlanta University c. 1900

  5. Paris 1900

  6. Historical Context 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 “Black America”

    Fair Plessy v. Ferguson Phila. Negro begins Wilmington Overthrow Lynchings Peak Paris Exposition

  7. We are here This is who we are This is

    how far we have come

  8. 2019: Starks re-creations

  9. In 2021, it began with them Allen Hillery (@AlDataVizGuy) Sekou

    Tyler (@sqlsekou)

  10. Now: Modern Megaphone Your Message

  11. Du Bois Challenge 2024

  12. Originals

  13. Using github

  14. The Venues Twitter LinkedIn DVS Slack Mastodon

  15. Announcement Thread

  16. Announcements

  17. DVS Announcements

  18. Red, Black, and Green

  19. Twitter (X) Sample Entries

  20. Twitter #DuboisChallenge Media

  21. Linkedin

  22. DVS Slack

  23. Camaal Moten on DVS Slack

  24. Collections

  25. Follow up Blogs

  26. Tomorrow's Promise

  27. Variations

  28. Meetings

  29. R Code Walk-through

  30. Tools Used

  31. DVS Slack Metrics 295 169 48 8 Members Postings Participants

    Completists

  32. Linkedin Impressions (ajstarks #DuboisChallenge2024) 0 250 500 750 1000 1250

    1500 Jan-29 Feb-05 Feb-12 Feb-19 Feb-26 Mar-04 Mar-11 Mar-18 Mar-25 Apr-01 Apr-08 Apr-15 Linkedin Engagements (ajstarks #DuboisChallenge2024) 0 10 20 30 40 50 Jan-29 Feb-05 Feb-12 Feb-19 Feb-26 Mar-04 Mar-11 Mar-18 Mar-25 Apr-01 Apr-08 Apr-15

  33. Anthony J. Starks Art + Code [email protected] @ajstarks github.com/ajstarks speakerdeck.com/ajstarks

    linkedin.com/in/ajstarks @duboisviz

  34. 1: Feb 3 2: Feb 10 3: Feb 17 4:

    Feb 24 5: Mar 3 6: Mar 10 7: Mar 17 8: Mar 24 9: Mar 31 10: Apr 7 The Du Bois Challenge 2025: Economics

  35. Week 1 Or Misgav

  36. Week 2 Johanna Blom

  37. Week 3 Mizinov Anton

  38. Week 4 Mizinov Anton

  39. Week 4 Kate Miller

  40. Tableau Users, Week 4 Raisa Hannus Ray N Jessica Bosch

  41. Raisa Hannus Frederick Fery Du Bois Tableau Sets

  42. BlueSky X DVS Slack Linkedin Mastodon To Participate, Go to:

    https://github.com/ajstarks/dubois-data-portraits/blob/master/challenge/2025/README.md Post to: