This study was conducted to analyze the funeral rituals of young African-American male homicide victims from lower-income neighborhoods. It focuses on the rituals practiced at the funeral of a 17-year-old trumpeter who was murdered. A growing large number of young African-American males from poor communities are being killed. They have created extraordinary funeral rituals in their subculture. The rhetoric that is used at these youngsters' funerals are also presented in this thesis. Furthermore, background information on memorial Rest in Peace (R.I.P.) T-shirts, which are usually worn at the funeral of slain victims, are also introduced in this study This paper also contains what African-Americans general believe about death, and it explains the African-American funeral services from the beginning of slavery. In addition, it elaborates on the history of traditional jazz funerals, and shows the origin of Benevolent Societies / acase@tulane.edu

The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition in New Orleans was an important historical and cultural event. Unfortunately, the principal private and public sector parties involved had conflicting expectations as to its anticipated results A number of external and internal factors limited full achievement of all goals and there was a considerable financial deficit. Early financial difficulties and other problems caused a negative public relations image of the Fair during its 184 day run, and management was not successful in promoting it. Attendance was far short of that expected. A recession, political problems, demographics and certain strategic decisions based on faulty original data also contributed to the shortfall To what level it can be said to be successful can only be determined in a relative way to how it met its stated and implied goals of being a great show, drawing twelve million visitors, being self liquidating, being an economic development catalyst, and leaving something behind of value. However, there are certain residual tangible and intangible benefits which the area realized by hosting the Fair / acase@tulane.edu

This thesis seeks to define liberation theology, its evolution and its relevance in economically advanced and poor or emerging societies The focus is on Paulo Freire, the lay theologian, whose Pedagogy of the Oppressed, outlines the quest for conscienticao or critical consciousness through transformational education Freire, once considered a radical, developed a rapid method of teaching both literary and critical thinking skills to the poor and oppressed people of his native Brazil. His dialogical method, called co-intentional education, provides the skills needed for participation in destiny and in the democratic process unlike banking education that indoctrinates to continue the 'culture of silence' thus avoiding change, power sharing or threats to the prevailing cultural elite Also discussed are the anti-dialogic actions Freire warns about that prevent conscientization or transformation and are prevalent in developed and modern societies as well as poor and emerging ones / acase@tulane.edu

Hostility, terrorism, and capital crime still corrupt man's quality of life. In trying to analyze, or even reconcile, the aggressive or hostile behavior of one person to another, or of one group to another, investigators and authors have cast their findings and arguments into the sphere of objectivity--only to find that subjectivity itself infuses nebulous terminology, a reliance on 'judgment,' and validation only in outcome and not in process. The quest here is to show that hatred is a legitimate emotion for study, that it has historical and philosophical grounds for that legitimacy, and that its study is important to the furtherance of the quality of life. Behavior itself can be measured and analyzed objectively; the motivation behind that behavior, however, whether of terrorism, child abuse, or the setting of policy for international relations, rests in the subjective sphere and thus necessitates newer approaches to analysis / acase@tulane.edu