Reckoning With Racial Covenants

Join DataWorks, NCCU School of Library & Information Sciences, the Durham County Register of Deeds, Research Action Design, Chapel Hill Attorney Andrew Wagner, and Tia Hall of Yinsome Group LLC for this free, online workshop.

As part of the Hacking Into History project, participants will learn about the history of racially-restrictive land use practices in Durham County, train to review deeds for racial covenants, and participate in transcription work.

Much more than an educational endeavor, this workshop approaches uncovering these “buried monuments” to white supremacy as a healing opportunity. Please join us.

I knew it was going to be upsetting and frustrating, but I was surprised by how hopeful I felt leaving the session.

The workshop has made me more personally aware of the extent to which segregation was inserted into all aspects of life during Jim Crow and how in property transactions, exclusion of Black people during Jim Crow fueled economic disparities.