Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. THIS LITTLE GIRL ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE WILL HAVE MANY HURDLES TO OVERCOME WHILE GROWING UP. THE SCHOOLS

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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. THIS LITTLE GIRL ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE WILL HAVE MANY HURDLES TO OVERCOME WHILE GROWING UP. THE SCHOOLS ARE POOR IN HER COMMUNITY, CRIME IS HIGH AND OTHER DAILY PROBLEMS WILL CLOUD HER FUTURE. THE YOUNGSTER IS ONE OF THE NEARLY 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE OF HER RACE WHO MAKE UP OVER ONE THIRD OF CHICAGO'S POPULATION. HER FACE COMBINES WITH MANY BLACKS IN THIS DOCUMENTARY PROJECT WHO ARE LIVING LIFE AS THEY FIND IT AND ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE

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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...