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>This was only made possible by enormous federal subsidies for returning soldiers

White soldiers, both via black soldiers being excluded from the GI Bill, and Levittown's own restrictive whites-only covenant. These racist limitations greatly reduced the necessary subsidies.

parent rhizome 7 years ago

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