African American Human Rights Policy
A number of digital projects on the open web, visualize and map data in interesting ways. Here's one example from the Mapping Police Violence website.
For more information on police violence go to: MappingPoliceViolence.Org. If you would like to use a digital project, or any source of the open web for that matter, be sure to research its origins and the sources of its data. This is often located on the about page. Here's an example from the The MappingPoliceViolence About Page, which tells you where they get their data from and sites that they avoid.
For a census of digital projects about African American history and politics see Mapping the Black Digital and Public Humanities or this list of Black DH Projects from Black DH scholar Jim Casey.
African American Data Sources
Published Data Digests and Reports
Websites and Visualizations
- United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics This link opens in a new windowAccess current monthly economic statistics for most of the countries and areas of the world.
Broad Data Sources
- Statista This link opens in a new windowAggregates statistical data on national and international industry, markets, and consumers.
- SageData This link opens in a new windowProvides access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, private companies, and intergovernmental organizations.
- Historical Statistical Abstracts of the US This link opens in a new windowThe Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States. It gathers statistics from various agencies into a more accessible format (PDF and downloadable excel tables).
- Quick Chart StatisticsChart API generates chart images, QR codes, and more.
Public Opinion & Surveys
- Gallup Analytics This link opens in a new windowAccess the Gallup Analytics interface to search aggregated polling data from Gallup, which has been conducting opinion polls since the 1930s.
- Pew Research CenterThe Pew Research Center for the People and the Press is a major center for the study of public opinion and regularly conducts polls about various social and political topics and contemporary issues.
- Roper Center This link opens in a new windowThe Roper Center is one of the country's premier centers for polling data. Its holdings date back to 1935 and come from a variety of sources and cover a wide array of topics. While the bulk of the Center's data are for national polls, it also includes many state-level polls as well. There are also many surveys from outside of the U.S. You can search for surveys at the question level, and datasets for most of those surveys are available to download. Note: Each Emory user must register, using an Emory e-mail address, to download data. Users who have previously registered may need to register again, as Roper has recently updated its website.
Mapping Census Data
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowContains U.S. census data from 1790-2010, updates from the American Community Survey, data on religious congregations, and more. Includes an online research tool designed to analyze and report on available information.