PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Encore Learning Program. May 7, 2026
Kristin M. Neun, “Documenting Exclusion & Resilience: The Role and Navigation of Racially Restrictive Covenants in Arlington from 1900 to 1968.”

Vienna’s Black History Program. February 28, 2026
Dr. Krystyn Moon, “Deeply Rooted in the Land: African-American Legacies in Fairfax County, VA.”

Housing Action Arlington/Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance. February 11, 2026
Kristin M. Neun, “Documenting Exclusion & Resilience- NoVA: History of Racial Covenants in Arlington County, Virginia.”

The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.  February 8, 2026
Dr. Krystyn Moon, “Housing Justice, Historical Truths: Documenting Exclusion & Resilience in Northern Virginia.”

Arlington Historical Society.  November 13, 2025  
Kristin M. Neun, “Documenting Exclusion & Resilience: Exploring Racially Restrictive Covenants in Arlington: 1900-1968.”

Arlington County Government Department of Management and Finance. November 7, 2025
Kristin M. Neun, “Documenting Exclusion & Resilience-Locating Racially Restrictive Covenants in Arlington County, VA.”

Nature Forward/Gum Springs Historical Society & Museum/South County Task Force/NAACP Fairfax County Branch/Mount Vernon Regional Historical Society.  August 27, 2024
Krystyn Moon, “A History of Fairfax County’s Racial Covenants.”

Liberty Amendments Month.  June 18, 2025
Dr. Krystyn Moon, “Restricted Vienna Panel and Workshop.”

Fairfax Civitan Club. March 6, 2025
Kristin M. Neun, “Documenting Exclusion – NoVA.”

NEWS ARTICLES

The Zebra.  September 19, 2025. ” State Historic Marker Dedicated to Honor Legacy of Alexandria’s Colored Rosemont Neighborhood.” 

Alexandria Gazette.  September 4, 2024. “ The Legacy of Race-based Covenants.”

Conservation Café.  August 27, 2024. “ A History of Fairfax County’s Racial Covenants in Property Deeds.”

FFXNow. August 16, 2024.  “ Local Historian to share research of discriminatory housing rules in Hybla Valley.”

Arlington Magazine. May 22, 2024. “ Mapping Arlington’s History of Racially Restrictive Neighborhoods.”

Falls Church Independent. May 10, 2024.  “ Racially Discriminatory Covenants Historically Prevalent Across City of Falls Church.”

ALXNow.  May 8, 2024.  “ New research maps racially restrictive covenants around Alexandria.”

ARLNow. May 7, 2024.  “ New study documents location of discriminatory deed covenants in Arlington and Northern Virginia.”

The Zebra.  September 5, 2023. “ Zoning Proposal for Housing is Front and Center as Alexandria City Council Meets Tonight in Public Session.”

ALXNow. August 30, 2023. “ Despite flurry of new apartments, experts say Alexandria has a housing shortage.”

Falls Church News Press.  February 3, 2023. “ Racist F.C. Past Unveiled In Land Covenants.”

Washington Post. December 1, 2022. “ Was your home once off-limits to non-Whites? These Maps Can Tell You.”

About Alexandria by Mark Eaton. October 20, 2022. ” Coffee With Krystyn Moon: Exploring Alexandria’s Real Estate History.”

PUBLICATIONS

Arlington Historical Society Magazine.  Fall 2025
Janine DeWitt and Kristin M. Neun, “The Color Lines of Racially Restrictive Covenant: Segregation Walls on Record”

Alexandria’s Department of Planning and Zoning Report.  February 2023
Dr. Krystyn Moon. “ Rethinking Race, Housing, and Community: A History of Restrictive Covenants and Land Use Zoning in Alexandria, Virginia 1900s-1960s.”