And so thewhitewidow of a railroad tycoon and a black social worker from Arkansas founded what would become the Urban League, to strengthen our cities and our communities brick by brick, and block by block, and neighborhood by neighborhood, life by life.
The overt racism directed against Mrs Jagan the white, American-born, widow of the man who, if anyone, won Guyana its freedom is merely a subtext of this story.
Levy gave away a small fortune in his lifetime, and his widow, Shelby White, through the Leon Levy Foundation continues to be extraordinarily generous, supporting many cultural and artistic enterprises.