Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. SOUTH SIDE BLACK WORKERS PASSING THE TIME PLAYING CHECKERS ON EAST 35TH STREET BEFORE GOING TO WORK IN C

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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. SOUTH SIDE BLACK WORKERS PASSING THE TIME PLAYING CHECKERS ON EAST 35TH STREET BEFORE GOING TO WORK IN CHICAGO. THE CITY CENSUS FIGURES SHOW A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN ECONOMIC SECURITY BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES. MEDIAN BLACK INCOME BETWEEN 1960 AND 1970 INCREASED FROM $4,700 TO $7,883 BUT THE DOLLAR GAP BETWEEN THE TWO RACES WIDENED. BLACKS WERE RECEIVING THE AVERAGE OF $3,603 LESS THAN THE MEDIAN WHITE FAMILY

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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...