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Levittown/Concord Park: Utopia in Our Backyard
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Suburban developments built in the 1950s were idyllic communities and gave many people their first opportunity at home ownership, but typically excluded African Americans. While William Levitt used explicit racial covenants and other tactics to keep his famed Levittown developments white, one builder used racial quotas to create an integrated community — and succeeded, for a while. Can the suburbs be a utopia for all?
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Released:
Jun 13, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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