Ride4Reparations

08/21/2021

Here we go!

08/03/2021

3 days left before registration ends! Grab your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ride4reparations-a-history-of-racial-covenants-in-minneapolis-housing-tickets-156594946701

We are inviting you to help heal our community. How? We believe in education and community. Come ride bikes with us and help us discuss and learn more about the racial housing covenant history in Minnesota…and…what happens now?

08/02/2021

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

We're thrilled to announce our first ride of 2021! August 21st we will be riding through Minneapolis housing covenant history. Join us!

07/29/2021

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!

07/28/2021

We are inviting you to engage in challenging conversations that will increase empathy and learning.

When we think about reparations, we think about doing what’s right. We think about giving Black Americans the same opportunities White Americans have had over the past 400 years by creating an equitable neighborhood.

Last day to buy tickets is August 6th.

Tickets Here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ride4reparations-a-history-of-racial-covenants-in-minneapolis-housing-tickets-156594946701

07/26/2021

Hey! All types of socks welcome!

Last day to register is August 6th! Come ride with us! Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ride4reparations-a-history-of-racial-covenants-in-minneapolis-housing-tickets-156594946701

Ride4Reparations is promoting education and community and ultimately: Reparations! All money raised during this event will go to !

Also thanks to our partner REI, all non-white Reparations tickets will be free!

07/20/2021

What is a covenant?

A covenant is legal language in a warranty deed to real estate that declares what can and cannot be done with the property. They are placed in order to maintain certain “standards” in the area. Some covenants are less objectionable than others. A deed filed in 1946 contains the following, less objectionable, covenant:

4. No basement, cellar, or tent shall be any time be used as a residence, temporarily or permanently, and no trailer shall be used as a residence, temporarily or permanently…

Other covenants are more objectionable and describe who can own or occupy the property. This discriminatory language was declared illegal in 1968 under the Fair Housing Act of that year. The same deed as cited above contains the following:

6. No lot shall ever be sold, conveyed, leased or rented to any person other than of the white or Caucasian (A***n branch) race, nor shall any lot ever be used or occupied by any person other than one of the white or Caucasian (A***n branch) race, except such as may be serving as domestics for the owner
or tenant of said lot, while said owner or tenant is residing thereon.

Our August 21 Ride4Reparations will study the history these racial/restrictive covenants that helped lead to segregated housing in Minneapolis.

We're thrilled to announce our first ride of 2021! August 21st we will be riding through Minneapolis housing covenant history. Join us!

07/17/2021

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

07/12/2021

Arthur and Edith Lee moved into 4600 Columbus Avenue in south Minneapolis in the early 1930s. The African American family was the first Black family to move into the formerly all-white neighborhood.

Neighbors asked them to leave and, according to one source, offered to buy them out. When the Lee family refused to leave, mobs of hundreds, then thousands, surrounded, harassed, and intimidated family members. Their daughter had to be escorted to school by authorities to protect her from the mob.

The Lee House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It will be our first stop on our August 21 Ride4Repartions. We will tell the story of what the Lee’s endured.

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

06/24/2021

“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

06/22/2021

Thanks to REI, all of our BIPOC riders ride for free this AUGUST 21!! It’s REI’s and also our belief that our Black, Indigenous and People Of Color do not need to purchase tickets to raise money for reparations here. HUGE sign of support and solidarity from the folks at REI. A big thank you!

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

06/20/2021

Tickets are live! August 21st we will ride for reparations, raise money for Northside Achievement Zone, and learn about housing and neighborhood covenants in the Twin Cities. Multiple ticket prices and availability right now - don't wait!

We're thrilled to announce our first ride of 2021! August 21st we will be riding through Minneapolis housing covenant history. Join us!