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 TAYLOR HOMES, LOW INCOME HIGHRISE APARTMENT HOUSING FOR BLACKS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. IT IS ONE

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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 TAYLOR HOMES, LOW INCOME HIGHRISE APARTMENT HOUSING FOR BLACKS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. IT IS ONE OF A COMPLEX OF 28 BUILDINGS WITH 4,312 APARTMENTS HOUSING 25,220 PERSONS. FROM 1960 TO 1970 THE PERCENTAGE OF CHICAGO BLACKS WITH AN INCOME OF $7,000 OR MORE JUMPED FROM 26 TO 58%. MEDIAN BLACK INCOME DURING THE PERIOD INCREASED FROM $4,700 TO $7,883 BUT WAS STILL $3,603 LESS THAN MEDIAN INCOME FOR 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...