"Portrait of Black Chicago"

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Subject

Image Collection

Description

"Portrait of Black Chicago" is a collection of photographs taken by John H White, commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) DOCUMERICA project in 1973. This collection is derivative of the collection currently being held at The National Archives, College Park, MD. If one wishes to view the entire collection, they should visit the "Portrait of Black America" series through The National Archives website: https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/portrait_of_black_chicago/introduction.html

Creator

White, John H., 1945-, Photographer

Source

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Publisher

The National Archives and Records Administration

Date

1973

Contributor

Taylor Brown

Rights

These images (or other media) are works of an Environmental Protection Agency employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As works of the U.S. federal government, all EPA images are in the public domain.

Relation

DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977

Format

jpg images, approx. 800 x 540 pixels

Language

English

Type

Photographs

Identifier

NWDNS-412-DA-13697
NWDNS-412-DA-13759
NWDNS-412-DA-13682
NWDNS-412-DA-13719

Collection Items

BLACK COUPLE AND THEIR DOG IN THEIR APARTMENT IN SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO. 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 $4,000 TO $7,883. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR MEDIAN INCOME AND THAT OF WHITES INCREASED FROM $3,251 TO $3,603 DURING THE 10 YEARS

The captions are John White`s own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several images.

All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…

A BLACK MAN, ONE OF NEARLY 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE OF HIS RACE WHO MAKE UP OVER ONE THIRD OF CHICAGO'S POPULATION. IT IS ONE OF THE MANY BLACK FACES IN THIS PROJECT THAT PORTRAY LIFE IN ALL ITS SEASONS. THE PHOTOS ARE PORTRAITS THAT REFLECT PRIDE, LOVE, BEAUTY, HOPE STRUGGLE, JOY, HATE, FRUSTRATION, DISCONTENT, WORSHIP AND FAITH. IN SHORT, PORTRAITS OF INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE

"The captions are John White's own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several images.

All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…

YOUNG WOMAN SOLICITING FUNDS FOR A CHICAGO ORGANIZATION IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT. SHE IS ONE OF THE NEARLY 1.2 MILLION BLACK PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP OVER A THIRD OF THE POPULATION OF CHICAGO. IT IS ONE OF THE MANY BLACK FACES IN THIS PROJECT THAT PORTRAY LIFE IN ALL ITS SEASONS. THE PHOTOS ARE PORTRAITS THAT REFLECT PRIDE, LOVE, BEAUTY, HOPE, STRUGGLE, JOY, HATE, FRUSTRATION, DISCONTENT, WORSHIP, AND FAITH. SHE IS A MEMBER OF HER RACE WHO IS PROUD OF HER HERITAGE

BLACK SIDEWALK SALESMEN ARRANGING THEIR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE. MANY OF THE CITY’S BLACK BUSINESSMEN STARTED SMALL AND GREW BY WORKING HARD. TODAY CHICAGO IS BELIEVED TO BE THE BLACK BUSINESS CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES. BLACK ENTERPRISE MAGAZINE REPORTED IN 1973 THAT THE CITY HAD 14 OF THE TOP 100 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTRY, ONE MORE THAN NEW YORK CITY

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