Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MINORITY YOUNGSTERS WHO GATHERED TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE DURING A COMMUNITY

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MINORITY YOUNGSTERS WHO GATHERED TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE DURING A COMMUNITY TALENT SHOW BLACKS MAKE UP OVER ONE THIRD OF THE 3.6 MILLION POPULATION IN THE CITY. CHICAGO CENSUS FIGURES FOR 1970 SHOW A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN ECONOMIC SECURITY BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES. ONLY 35% OF BLACK FAMILIES EARNED $10,000 TO $25,000 COMPARED TO 60% OF WHITE FAMILIES. OF FAMILIES EARNING LESS THAN $8,000 A TOTAL OF 50% WERE BLACK COMPARED TO 21% WHITE

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White, John H., 1945-

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John H. White (born 1945 Lexington, North Carolina) is an American photojournalist, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. After working for the Chicago Daily News, White joined the staff of the Chicago Sun Times in 1978 and worked there until May 2013. White also teaches photojournalism at Columbia College Chicago, and formerly taught at Northwestern University. In 1973 and 1974 White worked for the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project photographing Chicago and its African Am...