Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. A SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO GHETTO MOTHER AND CHILD WHO LIVE IN NEARBY LOW INCOME HOUSING. THEY ARE PART OF 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. A SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO GHETTO MOTHER AND CHILD WHO LIVE IN NEARBY LOW INCOME HOUSING. THEY ARE PART OF THE 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE OF THEIR RACE WHO MAKE UP OVER ONE THIRD OF CHICAGO'S POPULATION CHICAGO AREA CENSUS FIGURES SHOW A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN ECONOMIC SECURITY BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES. OF FAMILIES EARNING LESS THAN $8,000 IN 1970 SOME 50% WERE BLACK COMPARED TO 21% WHITE. MEDIAN BLACK INCOME IN CHICAGO AT THAT TIME WAS 65% THAT OF THE 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...