Levittown, which debuted in 1947 in Nassau county, Long Island, New York, was a planned community known for its mass-produced houses, representing the prototypical American suburb. The brainchild of William Levitt, some 17,000 homes were built over the course of just five years, affording the American Dream of a house with a yard to thousands of families. As was typical of the time, however, Levittown and other suburban communities had overwhelmingly white populations because of discriminatory practices.
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