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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"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 slides from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency (Record Group 412, "DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency`s Program to Photograph Subjects of Environmental Concern").
These images are available from the National Archives at College Park, MD. A NARA identification number appears at the end of each caption. Descriptions of the largest DOCUMERICA series are available in the NAIL database."
Information quoted from the Portrait of Black Chicago webpage.
White, John H., 1945-, Photographer
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The National Archives and Records Administration
6/1973
This image (or other media) is a work 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.
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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
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"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 slides from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency (Record Group 412, "DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency`s Program to Photograph Subjects of Environmental Concern").
These images are available from the National Archives at College Park, MD. A NARA identification number appears at the end of each caption. Descriptions of the largest DOCUMERICA series are available in the NAIL database."
Information quoted from the Portrait of Black Chicago webpage.
White, John H., 1945-, Photographer
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The National Archives and Records Administration
6/1973
This image (or other media) is a work 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.
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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
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"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 slides from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency (Record Group 412, "DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency`s Program to Photograph Subjects of Environmental Concern").
These images are available from the National Archives at College Park, MD. A NARA identification number appears at the end of each caption. Descriptions of the largest DOCUMERICA series are available in the NAIL database."
Information quoted from the Portrait of Black Chicago webpage.
White, John H., 1945-, Photographer
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The National Archives and Records Administration
6/1973
This image (or other media) is a work 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.
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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
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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 slides from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency (Record Group 412, "DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency`s Program to Photograph Subjects of Environmental Concern").
These images are available from the National Archives at College Park, MD. A NARA identification number appears at the end of each caption. Descriptions of the largest DOCUMERICA series are available in the NAIL database.
Information quoted from the "Portrait of Black Chicago" webpage: https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/portrait_of_black_chicago/credits_and_citations.html
White, John H., 1945-, Photographer
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The National Archives and Records Administration
6/1973
This image (or other media) is a work 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.
Photograph
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NWDNS-412-DA-13719