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.

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A still from Kare11's Breaking the News TV show with Rena and Jana

KARE 11

KARE 11: Minneapolis Mapping Prejudice project studies discriminatory deeds

Video
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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Jade Holman, a white man is standing with crossed arms in front of a white and brown house.

Star Tribune

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

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Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
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White background, blue text: "EFFICIENT" followed by green text: "GOV" and below it in tiny black print: "For forward-thinking municipal leaders"

EfficientGov

How GIS can reveal racist covenants in property deeds.

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Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Data/GIS for Racial Justice
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Three white people looking down at a map on a table, pointing things out, appearing to be in discussion.

Minnesota Daily

Researchers work to uncover Minneapolis’ discriminatory housing past.

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Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Data/GIS for Racial Justice
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Looking up at the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis with the city behind it from the northeast side.

Next City

Researchers are Mapping the Racist Foundations of Minneapolis Housing Patterns.

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Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Data/GIS for Racial Justice
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blue background, white text where the first word is bold: "southwest journal" and in tiny font below it: "Southwest Minneapolis' Community Newspaper

Southwest Journal

Dateline Minneapolis: Tracing the legacy of prejudice.

Text Media
History of Racial Covenants
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White background, black text: "esri" and to the left of it is a cartoon globe with a black cartoon grid around it.

ESRI Blog

Researchers Map Prejudice in Minneapolis’ Past.

Text Media
Data/GIS for Racial Justice
History of Racial Covenants
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Outdoor headshot of Taiyon J. Coleman wearing glasses and a magenta scarf.

Minnesota Alumni

Making the Invisible Visible

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

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Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Reparative Policy
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An aerial view of a spire at St. Thomas University in the fall and you can also see the Mpls skyline behind it

St. Thomas Newsroom

Five Observations: 'ZIP Codes: Destination or Destiny?'

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Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
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A group of 5 people huddled around a table with a map or a chart of some sort. You can see other similar groups in the background.

Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

How racist was your neighborhood?

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Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
History of Racial Covenants
Reparative Policy
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A streetview of 3 story and a half houses that appear to have been built around the 1940's

MINNPOST

Event series grapples with past and present effects of discriminatory housing practices.

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Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
Housing Crisis
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A grey street grid with the words in black at an upward angle: "OWNING" and below it the words "UP" where inside the U is a grey house and inside the "p" is a smaller black house

Southwest Journal

Exhibit documents housing discrimination.

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Community Activism
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
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Looking at a young black kid ride a bike in a neighborhood from the back

Fox 9

Fox 9 Presents: North at a Crossroads - Documentary explores the inherent contradictions of Minneapolis' racial inequality.

Documentary
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
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3 college students looking at an interactive exhibit about housing.

UMN College of Design Blog

Owning Up: Racism and Housing in Minneapolis.

Text Media
Community Activism
Contemporary Legacies of Covenants
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The word "verve" in white text against a blue background, with 12 headshots of people of various races all around the text.

VERVE

Placemaker's Post

Project Director, Kirsten Delegard, talks Mapping Prejudice origins, impact and future.

Text Media
History of Racial Covenants
Housing Crisis
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