Pennsylvania
Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Unions, Organized Labor?
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Possible
- Was there an ordinance?
- Sign?
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Don’t Know
Census Information
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| 2000 | 53,966 | 1,321 | 452 | |||||
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Method of Exclusion
- Violence Towards Newcomers
Main Ethnic Group(s)
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
Comments
Bill and Daisy Myers were the first family to move into Levittown in 1957. There were death threats and crosses burnt.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-08-21/news/1997233064_1_daisy-myers-levittown-epithets/2
In December, 1999, the mayor of the township apologized to Daisy Myers. He named their permanent Christmas Tree in front of City Hall after her.
http://www.buckslocalnews.com/articles/2011/12/16/bristol_pilot/news/doc4edfa0296614f504015189.txt