Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. ROBERT R. TAYLOR HOMES, ONE IN THE COMPLEX OF 28 LOW INCOME HIGHRISE APARTMENT BUILDINGS INHABITED BY TH

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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. ROBERT R. TAYLOR HOMES, ONE IN THE COMPLEX OF 28 LOW INCOME HIGHRISE APARTMENT BUILDINGS INHABITED BY THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO. LOCATED BETWEEN THE 3900 AND 5400 BLOCKS ON STATE STREET THERE ARE 4,312 APARTMENTS HOUSING 25,220 PERSONS. A GOAL OF MANY RESIDENTS IS TO FIND A JOB THAT PAYS ENOUGH FOR THEM TO REACH MIDDLE CLASS STATUS. FROM 1960 TO 1970 THE PERCENTAGE OF CHICAGO BLACKS WITH AN INCOME OF $7,000 OR MORE JUMPED FROM 26 TO 58%

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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...