Concord Park, Pennsylvania

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Concord Park
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Concord Park
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Coordinates: 40°07′52″N74°58′33″W / 40.1312°N 74.9757°W / 40.1312; -74.9757
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Census-designated place Trevose, Pennsylvania
ZIP Code
19053
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Concord Park is a residential neighborhood in the Trevose section of Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, originally established as an intentional racially integrated community in 1954 by Morris Milgram, [1] [2] a pioneering social activist and civil rights trailblazer who believed Black people should have the same access to housing as whites. [3] [4] [5]

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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." [6] Some of the early homeowners included interracial couples, communists, and other nonconformists. [7]

The community's origin and history [8] were featured at Bensalem Township's 325th anniversary [9] in 2017 at Growden Mansion and on the Mayor's Show. [10]

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