Ride4Reparations

Only 10 (just TEN!) tickets left for the Racial Housing Covenant ride! Questions? Reach out and we'd love to dialogue!

Ride4Reparations: A History of Racial Covenants in Minneapolis Housing We're thrilled to announce our first ride of 2021! August 21st we will be riding through Minneapolis housing covenant history. Join us!

Ride 4 Reparations is a social justice project in which participants donate to agencies and institutions that work to improve the lives of Black Americans; i.e. pay reparations.

Why would Blacks Americans want to participate in reparations efforts? Black Americans did not benefit from slavery or its ongoing legacy. Black Americans were the victims.

All BIPOC riders are able to purchase tickets for free - thanks to REI

Tickets for BIPOC riders, White riders willing to invest in reparations, and those who would simply prefer to support - LINK HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ride4reparations-a-history-of-racial-covenants-in-minneapolis-housing-tickets-156594946701

ALL profits raised from the August 21st Ride will be donated as reparations payment to Northside Achievement Zone! Let’s goooooo!

In 1909 Madison and Amy Jackson built their home in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis at what is now 2003 Franklin Avenue SE. When they moved in and the neighbors saw that they were a Black family, it is reported that one of them screamed. When threatening notes and newspaper articles did not get the family to move, a mob of around 150 descended on the home. It included many of the leading citizens of Minneapolis.

These “leading citizens” were uncomfortable with being part of a mob. So, they chose a legal, “Minnesota nice”, way to keep Blacks from being able to purchase homes in certain neighborhoods, they put racial covenants into property deeds, forbidding the property from ever being sold to anyone
who wasn’t white. The practice spread from Minneapolis to many other cities in the country.

August 21st - BIPOC Riders ride for FREE thanks to REI - link in bio

“Edmund Boulevard — which extends 14 blocks along the Mississippi River — is one of the loveliest streets in Minneapolis…The natural beauty of the street obscures some ugly history. Edmund Boulevard is blanketed by racial covenants, which reserved this area for the exclusive use of white people” - Penny Peterson and Kirsten Delegard https://mappingprejudice.umn.edu/stories/edmund-blvd-nfa/index.html

Penny will be a featured contributor on August 21 - come learn the factual history of Minneapolis Racial Covenants and learn helpful next steps to take! ALSO meet Penny, a thought leader, activist, and educator located here in Minneapolis!

Eventbrite link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ride4reparations-a-history-of-racial-covenants-in-minneapolis-housing-tickets-156594946701