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💡 Did You Know?

The community and its racial tension is closely based on the true events that occurred in the community of Levittown, Pennsylvania in 1957 when an African American couple, William and Daisy Myers, along with their three young children, moved into a house in the Dogwood Hollow section of the suburban neighborhood. Their move to Levittown was marked with racist harassment and mob violence, which required intervention by state authorities. Despite this, the Myerses continued to face harassment for nearly three months. This led to some of the residents being charged and served an injunction. The Myers family received national attention and support. The Myers family eventually moved to York, Pennsylvania in 1961 after William Myers accepted a job offer in Harrisburg. He later died in 1987 at age 65. Daisy Myers later wrote an autobiography in 2005 about the experience titled 'Sticks 'N Stones: The Myers Family in Levittown'. She worked as a school teacher for the York School District for over 30 years. She was called the "Rosa Parks of the North". She died in 2011 at age 86. The news interviews that appear on TV in the film are from the actual citizens. They come from a documentary called "Crisis In Levittown, PA" from 1957. It can be found on Youtube.