W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits used data visualization to show an international audience how far African-Americans had gotten just 35 years after slavery. In these posters, Du Bois’s shows things like the amount of wealth held by African-Americans, literacy rates, and publication information. Although these charts caught eyes through their bright colors and intuitiveness, what really made them impactful was their setting: They were presented at the 1900 universal exposition in Paris, which until then, had only displayed social Darwinist information on non-white races. By infiltrating a space which traditionally was used to oppress, Du Bois’s visualizations had the ability to directly engage in educating those who believed in social Darwinism. In addition, concisely and effectively collecting and summing up data was proof against social Darwinism.