Racial Covenants and Humanities Education in Central Minnesota

FAIN: ASB-299772-24

St. John's University, Collegeville (Collegeville, MN 56321-2000)
Brittany Merritt Nash (Project Director: October 2023 to present)

A two-year archival and curricular-enhancement project to engage students in studying the history of racial covenants and segregation in central Minnesota.  

The proposed project by Saint John's University will conduct research and develop learning materials on racial covenants and segregation in Central Minnesota. The project will develop five humanities learning modules around property deeds and other primary sources for use in general education courses at CSB and SJU. To make research opportunities accessible for students traditionally underrepresented in higher education, we will hire underserved students to research materials for use in the modules under the mentorship of project faculty. The modules will allow faculty to embed humanities-based instruction about structural racism in their courses, benefitting underserved students across the institutions.