Mapping Prejudice

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]

Mapping Prejudice

Founded	2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Focus	identifies and maps racial covenants
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Key people	Kirsten Delegard (Director); Penny Petersen (Property Records); Kevin Ehrman-Solberg (Co-Founder)[1]
Volunteers	7,900[2]
Website	mappingprejudice.umn.edu

The project, along with Hennepin County, received the 2021 Freedom of Information award from the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information (MNCOGI).^[11] In October 2025, Mapping Prejudice was recognized as a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award Exemplary Project. As of the award date, "over 11,000 students, faculty, staff, and community members have mapped over 50,000 racial covenants. Mapping Prejudice has transformed scholarly research by engaging community members in the creation of new knowledge of urban history in the United States."^[12]