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

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)

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...

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:

MEET THE TEAM 👋 Yasmine Grier serves as a Research Assistant for the Chicago Covenants Project. She is in her second year as a Black Studies PhD Student at Northwestern.

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

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.

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-...

MEET THE TEAM 👋 Ben Miller serves as the Director of Chicago Research. He is in his second year as a PhD Student in history at Northwestern. @benmillerbenmiller.bsky.social

The Great Chicago fire was 154 years ago this month🔥 "The 1871 fire destroyed almost all of the county's real estate records as City Hall burned [...]. There was uncertainty over how the rights to ownership would be upheld." Read more from Maura Fennelly📖 www.chicagocovenants.com/research/mai...

Swipe through to read about David! One of the best aspects of working with the Chicago Covenants Project is the many volunteers it attracts. Volunteers like David make this experience so much more rewarding. Thanks David!

Looking for a way to escape the cold? Join us for our next research session this Friday, January 24th from 12:00pm - 1:30pm at 118 N. Clark St. RSVP using the link below! www.addevent.com/event/Yu2458...

Welcome back volunteers! Join us for our next research session this Friday, January 10th from 12:00pm - 1:30pm at 118n Clark St. RSVP using the link in below, we hope to see you soon! www.addevent.com/event/Jo2433...

Hello everyone! We are the Chicago Covenants Project. A research project based in Chicago that discovers racial covenants here in Cook County. Our research schedule is attached below. Have questions? Please DM us!