Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SUMMER FUN MEANS COOLING OFF WITH WATER FROM A FIRE HYDRANT AT WOODLAWN COMMUNITY, A LOW INCOME HIGHRISE

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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. SUMMER FUN MEANS COOLING OFF WITH WATER FROM A FIRE HYDRANT AT WOODLAWN COMMUNITY, A LOW INCOME HIGHRISE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. THESE CHILDREN DON'T GO TO THE CITY BEACHES. COOLING OFF WITH OPEN FIRE HYDRANTS IS A COMMUNITY TRADITION. 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%, BUT STILL FELL BEHIND THE GAIN MADE BY WHITES

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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...