Levittown
- ISBN
- 9780802716194
Levittown is a race relations, civil rights book by David Kushner.
About this book
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.
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What genre is Levittown?+
Levittown is a Race relations, Civil rights, Segregation, History, African Americans book.
What is Levittown about?+
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 explo...
Who wrote Levittown?+
Levittown was written by David Kushner.