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...violent protest in Harlem. (Immediately after the shooting, the protest turned into a riot—“the largest uprising in the North since World War II.”) He paints a picture of a black family, aided by white liberals, that tries to move to Levittown only to encounter angry neighbors who shout “Gestapo” and break their windows. The house next door, Sugrue recounts, was turned into an “anti-desegregation social club.” At certain points, the personal voices Sugrue weaves into his history manage...
...have been watching family members die from cancer all my life, among them nonsmokers with lung cancer. I believe scientists could find a cure, but if they did, how many people would no longer be needed? Cancer has become big, big business. S. Michael Long, Levittown...
...voting for no Muslim,” they’ll say. “He’s not really a Muslim, you know,” I’ll begin, but they’ve already closed the screen door in my face.Welcome to Levittown, Pennsylvania, where every third house proudly bears an American flag, where “people are hurting,” but never so much that their front porches are not aggressively decorated for Halloween at least three weeks in advance, and where a solid majority of registered Democrats could never really support...
...have been watching family members die from cancer all my life, among them nonsmokers with lung cancer. I believe scientists could find a cure, but if they did, how many people would no longer be needed? Cancer has become big, big business. S. Michael Long, LEVITTOWN...
...uncle, both nonsmokers who died of lung cancer. I believe scientists could find a cure, but will there ever be one? I can't believe so. How many jobs would no longer be necessary if a cure were found? Cancer has become big, big business. S. Michael Long, LEVITTOWN...