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]