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Levittown/Concord Park: Utopia in Our Backyard
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 covena...
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Levittown/Concord Park: Utopia in Our Backyard is an episode from Nice Try! by Vox Media Podcast Network. Suburban developments built in the 1950s were idyllic communities and gave many people their first opportunity at home ownership, but...
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Published Jun 13, 2019, 33:11 long, audio available.
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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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Published Jun 13, 2019 and 33:11 long