BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE. THE WEST SIDE WAS HARD HIT BY RIOTS AND FIRES IN THE MID AND LATE 1960'S. THE 1970 CENSUS NOTED THAT 22 TO 29%%%%%%%% OF THE AREA'S RESIDENTS LIVED BELOW THE OFFICIAL POVERTY LEVEL. BLACK BUSINESSMEN, HELPED BY FEDERAL FUNDING REACHED AGREEMENTS WITH NATIONAL FRANCHISES WHICH RESULTED IN PUMPING $20 MILLION IN JOBS FOR RESIDENTS BY 1974

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