Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER RETURNING HOME AFTER A GROCERY SHOPPING EXPEDITION IN CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE BLACK COMM

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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. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER RETURNING HOME AFTER A GROCERY SHOPPING EXPEDITION IN CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE BLACK COMMUNITY. IN 1973 THE WEST SIDE STILL HAD NOT RECOVERED FROM THE RIOTS AND FIRES OF THE MID AND LATE 1960'S. THE 1970 CENSUS REPORTED 22 TO 29% OF THE AREA'S RESIDENTS WERE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. HELPED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A LOCAL ORGANIZATION SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH MAJOR NATIONAL FRANCHISES THAT RESULTED IN $20 MILLION IN JOBS FOR RESIDENTS

Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER RETURNING HOME AFTER A GROCERY SHOPPING EXPEDITION IN CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE BLACK COMMUNITY. IN 1973 THE WEST SIDE STILL HAD NOT RECOVERED FROM THE RIOTS AND FIRES OF THE MID AND LATE 1960'S. THE 1970 CENSUS REPORTED 22 TO 29% OF THE AREA'S RESIDENTS WERE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. HELPED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A LOCAL ORGANIZATION SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH MAJOR NATIONAL FRANCHISES THAT RESULTED IN $20 MILLION IN JOBS FOR RESIDENTS

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