Residents on a Balcony in Chicago

The original caption for this photograph reads: Black residents on one of the balconies of the Robert Taylor Homes, a low income highrise apartment building in Chicago. It is a complex of 28 buildings located between the 3900 and 5400 blocks on State Street with 4,312 apartments housing 25,220 persons. A goal of many residents is to find a job that pays enough for them to reach middle class status and move. Median Black income from 1960 to 1970 increased from $4,700 to $7,883 but was still $3,603 below median White income.