Mapping Prejudice

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Mapping Prejudice
Founded2016;9 years ago (2016)
Focusidentifies and maps racial covenants
Location
Key people
  • Kirsten Delegard (Director); Penny Petersen (Property Records); Kevin Ehrman-Solberg (Co-Founder) [1]
Volunteers7,900 [2]
Website mappingprejudice.umn.edu

Mapping Prejudice is based at the John R. Borchert Map Library of the University of Minnesota Libraries. [3] The project originally searched property records in Hennepin County, identified racial covenants that were made in order to stop non-Whites from purchasing certain properties, and plotted the results of them on digital maps. [2] Their focus began with Minneapolis. The project has grown to include Ramsey County, Minnesota; [4] Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Dakota County, Minnesota; [5] Stearns County, Minnesota, [6] and Anoka County, Minnesota. [5] [7] Founded in 2016, Mapping Prejudice was inspired by work at universities [8] in Seattle [9] and Virginia. [10]

The project, along with Hennepin County, received the 2021 Freedom of Information award from the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information (MNCOGI). [11]

References

  1. ↑ Uren, Adam (June 15, 2021). "Tributes after sudden death of University of Minnesota's Mapping Prejudice Project co-founder". Bring Me The News. Arena Group. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "About Mapping Prejudice". University of Minnesota . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Partners and Funders". University of Minnesota . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "New map highlights racist home deeds in Ramsey County". MPR News. June 15, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Tribune, Randy Furst Star. "Deeds barred home buyers of color in parts of Dakota County". Star Tribune. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  6. ↑ Maurice, Jim MauriceJim (February 11, 2025). "Mapping Prejudice Project Granted Access to Stearns Co. Records". AM 1240 WJON. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Restrictive Covenants - Mapping Prejudice Project | Anoka County, MN - Official Website". www.anokacountymn.gov. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  8. ↑ Delegard, Kirsten; Leebaw, Danya (May 11, 2022). "How a Minneapolis public history project is building political will to redress racial housing disparities". Brookings Institution . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Racial Restrictive Covenants". Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project. University of Washington . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  10. ↑ "About Mapping Inequality". Digital Scholarship Lab. University of Richmond . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Mapping Prejudice Project, Hennepin County receive award". Hennepin County Climate Action. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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