Resources

Mapping Prejudice has worked with a wide variety of media makers and researchers to tell the stories and explain the significance of racial covenants. Below you'll find news stories, presentations, journal articles and resources for educators.

Reckoning with Racial Justice

Minneapolis has a bold plan to tackle racial inequity. Now it has to follow through.

Text Media
Community Activism
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Covenants and Environmental Justice
History of Racial Covenants
Minneapolis Uprising
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Where does COVID-19 risk for the homeless start and where might it end?

COVID-19’s uneven march across humanity demonstrates that homelessness increases vulnerability to infection.

Text Media
Community Activism
Minneapolis Uprising
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Racist Policies and White Violence

How decades of racist policies and "white mob violence" heightened tensions in Minneapolis

Text Media
History of Racial Covenants
Minneapolis Uprising
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Why This Started in Minneapolis

Conditions that led to George Floyd’s death are not unique to Minneapolis and St. Paul. But there’s a reason why the Twin Cities triggered a national uprising.

Text Media
Community Activism
History of Racial Covenants
Minneapolis Uprising
Stories of Resistance
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Jim Crow of the North

This one hour documentary uses the history of racial covenants in Minneapolis to explore the complex history of discriminatory housing policies and their contemporary legacies. This Emmy award-winning film explains why mapping racial covenants is so important.

Documentary
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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From Awareness to Action

A guide for confronting modern racism in housing, policy, and communities.

Educator Resource
Community Activism
Land Use Policy
Reparative Policy
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Prince and the Making of the Minneapolis Mystique

Kirsten Delegard & Michael J Lansing. Middle West Review. 2018.

Academic Publication
History of Racial Covenants
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Long Shadow of Racial Discrimination: Evidence from Housing Covenants of Minneapolis.

Aradhya Sood, William Speagle & Kevin Ehrman-Solberg. SSRN. 2019

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The annihilation of time by space

Kate Derickson. Urban Geography. 2019.

Academic Publication
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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Racial Housing Covenants in the Twin Cities

MNopedia

An overview of the history of racial covenants in the Twin Cities.

History of Racial Covenants
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Mapping Prejudice Educator's Guide

This guide suggests ways that teachers can use Mapping Prejudice in the classroom. It provides both context and a list of resources that are available to the public online.

Educator Resource
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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Mapping Prejudice: History of Race & Real Estate in Minneapolis Bus Tour

Presentation
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Covenants and Environmental Justice
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State of the Map 2019

Presentation
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Data/GIS for Racial Justice
History of Racial Covenants
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City of St. Paul Black History Month Event: Mapping Prejudice: Racial Housing and Covenants, History and Housing. Keynote

Presentation
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Housing Crisis
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Mapping the Roots of Housing Disparities in Minneapolis

Presentation
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Housing Crisis
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