Years after slavery was abolished, White media continued to depict the former enslaved population as buffoonist characters and other negative stereotypes. In 1900, W. E. B. Du Bois compiled a series of photographs for the "American Negro" exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition to show the world the success of America’s former enslave population and their achievements despite segregation, discrimination and oppression. DuBois organized the 363 images into albums, entitled Types of American Negroes, Georgia, U.S.A. and Negro Life in Georgia, U.S.A.. At the time, Du Bois was a professor of sociology at Atlanta. His collection changed the narrative and the Paris Exposition judges awarded him a gold medal for his role as "collaborator" and "compiler" of materials fo the exhibit.
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