What was unusual about the shantytown that was located in Seattle, Washington?

Shantytowns were the shacks which were built by the destitute and homeless people in America.

Explanation:

These Shantytowns were named as Homerville's because Herbert Hoover was the president who left the country get into the clutches of depression and he did not take necessary steps that paved way for development. It was the encampments that were built from the shacks and other waste materials by the impoverished and unemployed people during the time of great depression.

Bothe blacks and whites and other immigrants lived conjointly which integrated everyone beyond race and ethnicity.