A community-driven project to tell the story and impact of racially restrictive agreements contained in property deeds in Durham, North Carolina, using public records information and archival documentation.
Are you skilled at organizing and publicizing events? Enjoy building relationships with diverse communities across Durham? Want to join and support a county-wide effort to reckon with the history of racial harm and inequity in housing in Durham County? DataWorks NC, a 501 c 3 neighborhood data intermediary and part of the Hacking into History project team, seeks a part-time Volunteer […]
On Friday, March 25th from 6:00-8:00pm, we invite you to join DataWorks, NCCU School of Library & Information Sciences, the Durham County Register of Deeds, 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. The workshop […]
On Monday, February 28th at 7:00pm, we’ll be tuning back in for those who have participated in past workshops. These gatherings are intended to help us grow as a community of practice. If you have participated in a prior Reckoning With Racial Covenants workshop and want to keep working together, please join us. Register using the link below:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reckoning-wracial-covenants-meetup-tickets-275643175157 Please note […]
Durham Public Schools educators are invited to apply to be part of the Hacking Into History (HIH) + Durham Public Schools Spring 2022 Civic Educator cohort. Educators will learn from and collaborate with the HIH Project Team to teach and develop curriculum related to the history of racial covenant clauses in Durham County property deeds. Eight fellows will be selected […]
In Durham, there are two parks situated within a ten-minute walk from one another that were established at around the same time in the 1930s: East End Park and Long Meadow Park. Both of these parks were constructed on property donated by John Sprunt Hill but had distinct communities that they served: Long Meadow park, as stated in its recently […]
Join DataWorks, NCCU School of Library & Information Sciences, the Durham County Register of Deeds, 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. The workshop will include volunteer training to review deeds for the presence […]
Join DataWorks, NCCU School of Library & Information Sciences, the Durham County Register of Deeds, 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. The workshop will include volunteer training to review deeds for the presence […]
The North Carolina Central University School of Information and Library Science (SLIS) is working with the Durham County Register of Deeds and DataWorks, a nonprofit data intermediary, to educate the public about the presence of racially restrictive land-use practices in the city’s historic property deeds. The Hacking into History project was selected last spring to receive grant funding as a […]
Join DataWorks, NCCU School of Library & Information Sciences, the Durham County Register of Deeds, Chapel Hill Attorney, Andrew Wagner, and Tia Hall of Yinsome Group LLC for this 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. The workshop will include volunteer training to […]
An oft-stated adage in the United States goes something like, “home ownership, is a part of the American dream.” While this point of Americana can be debated, something more certain is that homeownership increases familial net worth and generational wealth overall.1 When a household owns a home, that property can serve as an asset which could be used to pay […]
