Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. BLACK YOUNGSTERS COOL OFF WITH FIRE HYDRANT WATER ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE IN THE WOODLAWN COMMUNITY. THE

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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. BLACK YOUNGSTERS COOL OFF WITH FIRE HYDRANT WATER ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE IN THE WOODLAWN COMMUNITY. THE KIDS DON'T GO TO THE CITY BEACHES AND USE THE FIRE HYDRANTS TO COOL OFF INSTEAD IT'S A TRADITION IN THE COMMUNITY, COMPRISED OF VERY LOW INCOME PEOPLE. THE AREA HAS HIGH CRIME AND FIRE RECORDS. FROM 1960 TO 1970 THE PERCENTAGE OF CHICAGO BLACKS WITH AN INCOME OF $7,000 OR MORE JUMPED FROM 26% TO 58%

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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...