Mapping Racial Covenants

In the Twentieth Century redlining was used inwards the U.S.A. to trammel financing to dark household buyers too belongings owners. This procedure was good documented at the fourth dimension too nosotros tin come across which neighborhoods were almost affected but past times referring to the historical redlining maps, which were created past times the Home Owners' Loan Corporation.

However redlining was non the solely agency that African Americans were discriminated against inwards the existent estate marketplace during the Twentieth Century. Racially restrictive covenants were too used past times white abode owners inwards lodge to ensure that their homes could non live on sold to African Americans or other specified racial groups. Most of these covenants included “run alongside the land” clauses which too legally enforced the covenant on time to come owners of the property. Thus ensuring that houses could never live on bought past times African Americans

Mapping Prejudice has created an animated map which shows the spread of covenants over fourth dimension inwards Minneapolis. The map shows the increase of the disclose of buildings inwards the metropolis placed nether racial covenants from 1911 to 1954. As the animation plays yous tin come across how whole neighborhoods are essentially placed nether segregation every bit to a greater extent than too to a greater extent than buildings are given racial covenants.