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

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

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David Kushner - Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight f...

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. 40,000 first printing.

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Authors David Kushner
Nonfiction Category History • Social Science

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"The...harrowing story of how one black family tried to break the color line in that suburb outside of Philadelphia had all the elements of Little Rock, yet it's largely been forgotten by history. In LEVITTOWN: TWO FAMILIES, ONE TYCOON, AND THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICA'S LEGENDARY SUBURB,

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Hardcover237February 03, 2009Walker & Co9.5"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 1"(d), 1.06 lbs.9780802716194

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