BLACK NEIGHBORS OUTSIDE ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE. THEY ARE PART OF THE NEARLY MILLION PEOPLE OF THEIR RACE WHO MAKE UP MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF CHICAGO'S POPULATION. 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 REACHED AGREEMENTS WITH NATIONAL FRANCHISES WHICH RESULTED IN PUMPING $20 MILLION IN JOBS FOR RESIDENTS BY 1974

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