Mapping Prejudice

Mapping Prejudice is based at the John R. Borchert Map Library of the University of Minnesota Libraries. 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. Their focus began with Minneapolis. The project has grown to include Ramsey County, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Dakota County, Minnesota; and Anoka County, Minnesota. Founded in 2016, Mapping Prejudice was inspired by work at universities in Seattle and Virginia.

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