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Reclaiming Edmund Boulevard

In the News

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"Mounds View moves to discharge racist deed language before home sales"

Reporting by Minneapolis Star Tribune
(July 8, 2024)

"Sign of the future: St. Paul officially brings back historic Rondo Avenue street name"

Reporting by Minnesota Public Radio
(April 30, 2024)

"Edmund Walton brought racial covenants to Minnesota. Should his name be on a street?"

Reporting by Minneapolis Star Tribune
(February 6, 2024)

"Edmund Boulevard: residents debate value of changing name"

Reporting by Longfellow Nokomis Messenger (January 24, 2024)

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"Name-changing campaign on Edmund Boulevard in Minneapolis hits resistance despite racial covenant history"

Reporting by MinnPost
(January 29, 2024)

"The History of Edmund Walton and the 'Free The Deeds' Mission to Undo the Wrongs of the Past"

Backgrounder by the Longfellow Community Council
(January 5, 2o24)

"Minneapolis school board denounces racial covenants found at elementary school"

Reporting by MPR News
(October 13, 2o23)

"Let's get rid of 'Edmund Boulevard' and stop honoring
a white supremacist"

Our Editorial in Longfellow Nokomis Messenger
(August 2, 2022)

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"Systemic racism haunts homeownership rates in Minnesota"

Study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
(February 25, 2021)

"St. Paul joins coalition to remove racial covenants from property deeds"

Reporting by WCCO News
(February 25, 2021)

"Edmund
Boulevard"

Backgrounder by
Mapping Prejudice
(January 24, 2019)

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