Joseph Eichler was a California Modernist developer with a open (non-racial) sales policy. And many of you already know that I grew up in an Eichler house. The contemporary architectural writer, Dave Weinstein, just published an interview about my early experiences and current research for The Eichler Network.
https://www.eichlernetwork.com/blog/dave-weinstein/urban-scholar-was-inspired-eichler