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Chicago Covenants Project

@chicagocovenants.bsky.social

Identifying and interpreting racially restrictive covenants in Cook County through civic engagement and collaboration.

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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists@stevevance.net · 8mo ago

this is a weirdly enjoyable activity for 60-90 minutes I’ve done a bunch of times: you’re in the Cook County building basement looking for race restrictions in property sales ledgers and logging ones you find so a student researcher can look up their details on microfilm later

Chicago Covenants Project@chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Winter Research Session dates ❄️ Help us locate every racially restrictive covenant in Cook County to document the history of housing discrimination. See more ⬇️ (1/2)

Flyer titled “Chicago Covenants Project” with the heading “Volunteers Needed.” Text invites volunteers to help locate racially restrictive covenants in Cook County to document the history of housing discrimination. Includes a section titled “What is a covenant?” explaining that racially restrictive covenants were used to exclude Black families from neighborhoods in the 1900s and features a historical example. Design uses red, blue, and black text with star borders.
Chicago Collections@chicollections.bsky.social · 8mo ago

2/2 BMRC grad assistant Hannah Simmons is doing a deep dive in @chicagomuseum.bsky.social's archives for @chicagocovenants.bsky.social See what she's found: www.chicagocovenants.com/research/rac...

Racial Covenants in the Chicago History Museum Archives — Chicago Covenants

By Hannah Simmons Going through an archive is like embarking on a time-traveling expedition. Opening box after box and carefully fluttering through worn documents, you are greeted with an image of th...

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Chicago Covenants Project@chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 9mo ago

85 Years Ago Today: The US Supreme Court struck down a racially restrictive covenant in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood, opening this South Side area to Black homeownership but falling short of challenging the constitutionality of such covenants. Read more about Truman Gibson, a lawyer involved:

Truman Gibson Jr. - A Connection to Hansberry v Lee, James Burke, and Shelley v Kraemer. — Chicago Covenants

By LaDale Winling More than once, Truman Gibson, Jr., had ringside seats to history. In June of 1937, Gibson scored front-row tickets to the heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Jim Braddock...

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Lady Topham Catt@ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I talked to the Chicago Covenants Project about the significance of their work to me as a Black Chicagoan and researcher, why Chatham fascinates me as a building nerd, and the importance of celebrating the unsung architecture & neighborhoods of this city

Chicago Covenants Project@chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Read our conversation with Chicago Covenants Project volunteer Cristen Brown (@ladytophamcatt.bsky.social) about how covenants research featured in her recent article for @southsideweekly.bsky.social.

Black-and-white photo of Helen C. Maybell Anglin smiling in front of her mid-century modern home in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood, 1974. Overlaid text reads: “Chatham, The Soul Queen, and Covenants: A Conversation with Cristen Brown.
Chicago Collections@chicollections.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is a great read from @chicagocovenants.bsky.social The parallels to today--a white criminal preferable to a black homeowner . . . www.chicagocovenants.com/research/al-...

Al Capone’s Covenant — Chicago Covenants

By Ben Miller In the late 1920s, covenant fever swept the South Side of Chicago. As the city’s Black population boomed, white residents mobilized to prevent their neighborhoods from becoming integra...

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