187 Incident On Deepgreen Lane

In 1957, a young Black couple named Bill and Daisy Meyers bought a home in Levittown, Pa. They hoped it would be a great place to raise their young and growing family. What followed were months of terror as rocks pierced their front window, neighbors in the back blasted music all night and hundreds rioted outside their home at 43 Deepgreen Lane. This is also the story of two developers: Bill Levitt and built Levittown with a "no Blacks" clause in all contracts and who defied the Supreme Court decision against such clauses Meanwhile California developer Joseph Eichler boldly stepped forward offering to build and sell homes to anyone who had the money..