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 OWNED HOMES IN GROVELAND PARK ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN REFURBISHED ON THE I

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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 OWNED HOMES IN GROVELAND PARK ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN REFURBISHED ON THE INTERIOR BY UPPER INCOME FAMILIES. THEY ARE LOCATED ON COTTEGE GROVE AVENUE. BLACK HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE CITY INCREASED FROM 13,000 UNITS IN 1950 TO 90,000 IN 1973 WITH LIBERALIZATION OF FHA CREDIT. HOWEVER THE BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS TWICE THAT OF WHITES IN THE COUNTRY AND IT HAMPERS BLACK FAMILIES WHO SEEK JOBS AND LIFE AS MIDDLE CLASS CITIZENS

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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...