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.

Open Rivers

Rethinking the Mississippi

Playground of the People? Mapping Racial Covenants in Twentieth-Century Minneapolis

Academic Publication
Covenants and Environmental Justice
Data/GIS for Racial Justice
History of Racial Covenants
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Star Tribune

Massive project works to uncover racist restrictions in Minneapolis housing deeds.

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
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Minnesota Alumni

Making the Invisible Visible

A project at the U maps Minneapolis's history with racial housing covenants.

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Reparative Policy
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Minnesota Daily

UMN faculty research guides Minneapolis 2040 plan

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
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Minnesota Lawyer

In the Hopper: Restrictive covenants, bar mix, data breaches.

Text Media
Discharging Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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TPT Originals

Jim Crow of the North' Inspires Viewers to Take Action

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Reparative Policy
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MN Spokesman Recorder

Shameful legacies, ongoing neglect.

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Land Use Policy
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Habitat for Humanity

Reflections on a year at Habitat: Learning from our history.

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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Star Tribune

Gov. Walz signs bill to allow homeowners to disavow racist prohibitions in their deeds.

Text Media
Discharging Covenants
Reparative Policy
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Vox

Little pink houses for nobody

Exclusionary zoning in CA and MN.

Audio
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Housing Crisis
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CLA News

Minding the Maps

A sit-down with Ryan Mattke, Mapping Prejudice co-founder and head of Borchert Map Library, in this sanctum of study, rich with history.

Text Media
Data/GIS for Racial Justice
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Politico Magazine

How Minneapolis Freed Itself From the Stranglehold of Single-Family Homes.

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Housing Crisis
Land Use Policy
Zoning
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MPR News

Effects of housing discrimination still felt today.

Audio
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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TPT Originals

What can be done about affordable housing in Saint Paul?

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Housing Crisis
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City Lab

When Minneapolis Segregated.

Text Media
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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