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 BUSINESS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. THE CITY IS BELIEVED TO BE THE BLACK BUSINESS CAPITAL OF T

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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 BUSINESS ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE. THE CITY IS BELIEVED TO BE THE BLACK BUSINESS CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES CENSUS FIGURES FOR 1970 SHOWED THERE WERE 8,747 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE CITY THAT GROSSED MORE THAN $332 MILLION. IN 1972 THERE WERE 11 BLACK OWNED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT TOTALED ASSETS OF $254.9 MILLION. BLACK ENTERPRISES MAGAZINE REPORTED IN 1973 THAT CHICAGO HAD 14 OF THE TOP 100 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES, ONE MORE THAN NEW YORK

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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...