Mapping Racism & Resistance: Struggles over Racism and Real Estate in the Urban North

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Join Dr. Derek Handley, Professor of English at UW-Milwaukee, to learn about the Mapping Racism and Resistance research project. This project represents the first effort to comprehensively document and map all racial housing covenants in Milwaukee County. The goal is to analyze and visualize the historical geographics of racial covenants, while also uncovering Black resistance to such discrimination and exploring its impact on shaping racial justice movements today.

"No Persons other than the white race shall own or occupy any building on said tract, but this covenant shall not prevent occupancy of persons of a race other than the white race who are domestic servants of the owner or occupant of said building." -  Lois M. Quinn

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