Concord Park, Pennsylvania Explained

Concord Park
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Mapsize:250x200px
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.1312°N -74.9757°W
Postal Code:19053
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID

Concord Park is a residential neighborhood[1] in the Trevose section of Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, originally established as an intentional racially integrated community in 1954 by Morris Milgram,[2] [3] a pioneering social activist and civil rights trailblazer who believed Black people should have the same access to housing as whites.[4] [5] [6]

Concord Park Homes were "the first planned open occupancy homes for sale by a builder determined to build only integrated housing; 139 three and four-bedroom homes were sold and occupied by 55 percent white families and 45 percent Negro families."[7] Some of the early homeowners included interracial couples, communists, and other nonconformists.[8]

The community's origin and history[9] were featured at Bensalem Township's 325th anniversary[10] in 2017 at Growden Mansion and on the Mayor's Show.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linconia-Concord Park, Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Feasterville Trevose PA 19053 . 2022-10-21 . www.livingplaces.com.
  2. News: Gelder . Lawrence Van . 1997-06-26 . Morris Milgram, 81; Built Interracial Housing . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-21 . 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: Morris Milgram . 2022-10-21 . Rutgers University Alumni Association . en-US.
  4. Web site: Morris Milgram papers 2176 . 2022-10-08 . www2.hsp.org.
  5. Web site: DiGiovanni . Anthony . LibGuides: 20th-Century Collections: Home . 2022-10-08 . hsp.libguides.com . en.
  6. Web site: Bucks County, Pennsylvania . 2022-10-08 . Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia . en-US.
  7. Web site: My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt, July 15, 1958 . 2022-10-10 . www2.gwu.edu.
  8. Web site: The Secret History of the Suburbs . . 2023-02-09.
  9. Web site: 10-18 Concord Park PowerPoint_revised.pdf . 2022-10-21 . Dropbox . en.
  10. Web site: History . 2022-10-21 . BENSALEM TOWNSHIP . en.