Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb by David Kushner

Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb

David Kushner

256 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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In the decade after World War II , real estate developer Levitt & Sons helped thousands of people buy into the American dream of owning a home. They laid out the welcome mat, but not to everyone. Levittown had a whites-only policy. The events ...

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