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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, we’ve newly identified 115 racially restrictive covenants and plat restrictions and added them to our interactive map 🗺️ Check out the map to glimpse part of Chicago's history of housing discrimination ⬇️

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LaDale Winling @lwinling.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Hey, Chicago! @historians.org panel on civic engagement yesterday and a big public research session today for @chicagocovenants.bsky.social. It’s great to be back.

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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We're huge fans of @chicagocovenants.bsky.social and following the research that Hannah Simmons, PhD student at Northwestern, is doing as a Black Metropolis Graduate Assistant. Her latest-- the 1951 race riots in Cicero. We can't help but note parallels today www.chicagocovenants.com/research/cov...

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Covenants and the Making of the 1951 Cicero Race Riot — Chicago Covenants

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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Very impressed with the work of @chicagocovenants.bsky.social Been there as a volunteer (not enough, unfortunately) and finding restrictive covenants is both depressing and satisfying in the way that unearthing history and bringing it to light is satisfying www.chicagocovenants.com

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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 19/12/2025

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

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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.

Flyer titled “Chicago Covenants Project” advertising Winter Research Sessions. Dates listed are January 9, January 23, February 6, February 20, March 6, and March 20, all from 12 to 1:30 PM. Location is 118 N. Clark Street, City-County Building, Tracts Department. Text notes “Registration link below.” Design features red and blue text with white stars on blue borders.

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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:

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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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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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.

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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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.

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

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

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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...

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

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!

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

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...

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

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...

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Chicago Covenants Project @chicagocovenants.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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!

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