A man reviewing a map of racially restrictive covenants

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.

MPR News

Effects of housing discrimination still felt today.

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TPT Originals

What can be done about affordable housing in Saint Paul?

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Housing Crisis
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City Lab

When Minneapolis Segregated.

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MINNPOST

With covenants, racism was written into Minneapolis housing. The scars are still visible.

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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Rezoning History

Influential Minneapolis Policy Shift Links Affordability, Equity.

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Northeaster Newspaper

Covenants made parts of NE and St. Anthony white.

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Stories of Resistance
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The Wedge Times

Minneapolis 2040 Charts and Maps. 

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The Century Foundation

How Minneapolis Ended Single-Family Zoning.

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Forbes

Minneapolis Makes Room for Healing and Growth.

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Streets MN

Podcast #112: Mapping the History of Racial Covenants in Minneapolis.

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TIME. Magazine

George Floyd’s Death and the Long History of Racism in Minneapolis.

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The Washington Post

Racial inequality in Minneapolis is among the worst in the nation.

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MINNPOST

Is Minneapolis prepared to dismantle — not just acknowledge — structural racism?

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Quartz

Minneapolis is proud of its liberal politics, but its black population is still struggling

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U.S. News

The ‘Minnesota Paradox’: A State Grapples With Stark Racial Disparities.

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