HIST 180A/280A: Mapping American Prejudice

Based in Minnesota, Mapping Prejudice identifies and maps racial covenants in and around Minneapolis, which included clauses that were inserted into property deeds to keep non-white people from buying or occupying homes. Their interdisciplinary team collaborates with community members to expose the history of structural racism and support the work of reparations.

Mapping Inequality spatializes thousands of area descriptions and color-coded maps created by agents of the federal government's Home Owners' Loan Corporation between 1935 and 1940 to create this interactive map demonstrating redlining in the United States during this period.

Focusing on urban renewal in the U.S. from 1950-1966, Renewing Inequality visualizes the displacements caused by federally funded commercial and industrial redevelopment programs across the country.

Combining maps, racial restrictive covenants, photos, and other archival materials, Segregated Seattle visualizes the segregation of Seattle, WA from 1920-2020 through an interactive map and narrated slideshow.