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Category: American History

Visualizing Injustice: Early NAACP Cartographers and Racial Inequality in America

Posted by: John Hessler

No good result can come from any investigation which refuses to consider the facts. A conclusion that is based upon a presumption, instead of the best evidence, is unworthy of a moments consideration.                       –Ida B. Wells, 1901 The use of cartography to highlight economic and …