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 RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE CHECK OUT A MOTORCYCLE. THE CITY'S WEST SIDE DID NOT QUICKLY RECO

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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 RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE CHECK OUT A MOTORCYCLE. THE CITY'S WEST SIDE DID NOT QUICKLY RECOVER FROM THE RIOTS AND FIRES OF THE MID AND LATE 1960'S. ACCORDING TO THE 1970 CENSUS, SOME 22 TO 29% OF THE AREA'S RESIDENTS WERE BELOW THE OFFICIAL POVERTY LINE. A BLACK BUSINESSMAN'S GROUP, WITH FEDERAL HELP, HAD SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH SEVERAL NATIONWIDE FRANCHISES THAT PUMPED $20 MILLION IN JOBS INTO THE COMMUNITY

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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...