Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SIDEWALK TRASH IS SWEPT UP IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE ROBERT TAYLOR HIGHRISE LOW INCOME APARTMENT PROJECTS 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. SIDEWALK TRASH IS SWEPT UP IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE ROBERT TAYLOR HIGHRISE LOW INCOME APARTMENT PROJECTS INHABITED BY BLACKS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. A GOAL OF MANY RESIDENTS IS TO FIND A JOB THAT PAYS ENOUGH FOR THEM TO REACH MIDDLE CLASS STATUS AND MOVE MEDIAN BLACK INCOME FROM 1960 TO 1970 INCREASED FROM $4,700 TO $7,883 BUT WAS $3,603 BELOW MEDIUM WHITE INCOME IN 1970. CHICAGO BLACKS WITH AN INCOME OF MORE THAN $7,000 DURING THE DECADE 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...