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Levitt was absolutely a racist, the FHA eventually found the covenants to be illegal discrimination and Levitt sued the government and attempted to maintain the
by mikeyouse 2y ago
Levitt was absolutely a racist, the FHA eventually found the covenants to be illegal discrimination and Levitt sued the government and attempted to maintain them all the way to the US Supreme Court. Defending William Levitt in 2024 is a real choice.
- shrubble 2y agoThis might give some background; the FHA is mentioned quite often : https://www.history.com/news/housing-segregation-new-deal-program https://www.history.com/news/housing-segregation-new-deal-pr...