Workshop – Removing Racial Covenants

Historic Takoma has launched a project to understand and address the history of racially restrictive covenants in the City of Takoma Park, Maryland. The Takoma Park Covenants Project consists of three principal components: (1) Locating properties with racially restrictive covenants, (2) Assisting property owners with removing those covenants, and (3) Maintaining a register of properties that have had racially restrictive covenants removed.

This workshop will explain where racial covenants have been found in Takoma Park and the process property owners can follow to remove them. Details about racial covenants in Takoma Park can be found on our Takoma Park Covenants Project page.

Historic Takoma has prepared a Guide for submitting the paperwork necessary to remove a racial covenant from a deed. Participants in the workshop may want to review the guide in advance.

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