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Vivid images show joys, struggles of black Chicagoans in the 1970s
Vivid images show joys, struggles of black Chicagoans in the 1970s
[IMG]http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzAyLzI4LzkzL2**aWNhZ290aHVtLjk4YjRjLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/0e5061e5/a48/chicagothumb.jpg[/IMG]   August 1973 A teenager flexes for the camera during a community program on the south side of Chicago. Image: John H. White/National Archives John H. White bought his first camera at the age of 13 for 50 cents and 10 bubble gum wrappers. He went on to become a sergeant and photographer in the Marine Corps and a photojournalist in Chicago. From 1973 to 1974, he was hired by the Environmental Protection Agency to document the lives of the 1.2 million black residents of his city For two years, White explored the city, making intimate and powerful pictures of neighbors and strangers, capturing Chicagoans in states of joy, sorrow, reverence and celebration. He supplemented his images with meticulously researched captions that drew on statistics to illuminate the eco**mic landscape of the “black business capital of the United States.” Read more... More about Chicago, History, Us World, Us, and Black History Month ??????? ??????: Vivid images show joys, struggles of black Chicagoans in the 1970s || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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