In post-WWII America, the Levittown house was a house for all — as long as you weren't Black
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FILE - Two police patrol on the sidewalk, far left, in front of the newly-purchased home of William Myers, a black man who bought the house in this all-white community in Levittown, Penn, Aug. 16, 1957. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham, File)FILE - State police carrying riot sticks push back residents in Levittown, Pa., near the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Myers, the first black family to move into this planned community of previously all-white residents, Aug. 20, 1957. One man was arrested in what police said was a rock throwing in which a state trooper was struck. (AP Photo/Sam Myers, File)FILE - An aerial view of Levittown, showing its $30,000,000 development of over 10,000 new homes on Long Island, 25 miles from New York, Feb. 25, 1950. (AP Photo, File)FILE - William Myers is served coffee by his wife Daisy in their new home in Levittown, Penn., Aug. 19, 1957, after they became the first black family to move into the 15,000-home all-white community. (AP Photo/Sam Myers, File)
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FILE - Two police patrol on the sidewalk, far left, in front of the newly-purchased home of William Myers, a black man who bought the house in this all-white community in Levittown, Penn, Aug. 16, 1957. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham, File)