Newsday Opinion

Long Island Divided Chapter 2: Alicia Patterson and Levittown


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Newsday founder Alicia Patterson was a Jazz Age pilot and newspaper-family scion. She also ran the editorial page and oversaw some of Newsday’s triumphs and blind spots on policy, including the racial clauses in Levittown. Featuring clips from Newsday’s archives with reporters and editorial writers talking about Patterson and Levittown, including one writer who said “She felt strongly on social justice except for the blacks.”
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Newsday OpinionBy Mark Chiusano

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