Author

Publication

2009 - Walker & Co., New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

59,250 words, Guess

Page Count

237 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC305.896/073074821
  • LCCF159.L6 K87 2009

Description

Describes how the entrepreneurial Levitt family constructed affordable community homes that were only available to white buyers, recounting how the Wechslers, a white Jewish communist family, secretly arranged for a black family to purchase a house next door, an arrangement that resulted in an explosive response and influential integration practices.

Subjects

Topics

HistorySegregationCivil rightsRace relationsAfrican AmericansLevitt, William, -- 1907-1994Levittown (Pa.) -- Race relations

Places

LevittownPennsylvaniaLevittown (Pa.)

People

William Levitt (1907-1994)

Times

Other Editions

  • Levittown: two families, one tycoon, and the fight for civil rights in America's legendary suburbWalker & Co.2009-01-01

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