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3 unusual facts about Willie James


Willie James

In his lawsuit against Levitt and Sons, James stated that on June 29, 1958 an agent of that company told him that the new Levittown development would be an all-white community.

When homes for the new Levittown were first being sold, Levitt and Sons had a policy to not sell homes to African-Americans.

In 1958, Levitt and Sons started selling homes for their new Levittown project in South Jersey (in what would later become Willingboro Township).



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William Goodsir-Cullen

William "Willie" James Goodsir-Cullen (29 March 1907 in Firozepur – 15 June 1994 in Wyoming, New South Wales, Australia) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.