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Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb
Levittown Two Families One Tycoon and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb
Author: David Kushner
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 that unfolded in Levittown, Pennsylvania, in the unseasonably hot summer of 1957 would rock the communit...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802717955
ISBN-10: 0802717950
Publication Date: 8/3/2010
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Walker & Company
Book Type: Paperback
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