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LETTERS.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(Letter to the Editor)
Filling In History
There was one major piece missing from your profile on the builder William Levitt, "His Plan Sprawled Across U.S." (Leaders & Success, Wednesday). When the construction was under way, the site was regularly picketed by black World War II veterans who were unwelcome in Levitt's idyllic suburban town.
Among those protesting were Percy Sutton, in the uniform of the Tuskegee Airmen, and Paul O'Dwyer, the civil rights and labor lawyer.
From that demonstration a lifelong friendship and political alliance was born. Sutton later became borough president of Manhattan and O'Dwyer the New York City Council president. Both ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York.
Levitt always denied any racist intent, saying his whites-only policy was good for business, which did little to assuage the feelings of those who were denied their basic rights.
James Callaghan, Staten Island, N.Y.
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