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The purpose of this inquiry is to analyze the ideo logical framework of the prominent Third World theorist Frantz Fanon and thereby extract a sociological model of a colonized state, a decolonized state and the process of decolonization upon which a sociology of revolution could tenably be based. Also by analyzing the dynamics of the social system components, the psychological ramifications of coloni zation and decolonization are clarified. A comparative analysis of Fanonism and Leninism is included in order that the apparently different societal models can be viewed as products of different realities, hence an en toto transference of an explanatory scheme onto a reality of a different dynamic must logically be viewed as in need of substantial modification or total rejection. The primary source for the major portion of this inquiry were the original works of Fanon, namely; Black Skin-White Mask, The Wretched of the Earth, A Dying Colonialism and Toward the African Revolution.

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the researches of Robert D. Hess and Associates. This investigation is concerned with some of the socializing agencies that influence the child in the early years of his development. The findings reveal that the mother has the greatest influ ence upon the child's behavior. The influences of the mother tend to be more essential to their learning processes. The first chapter deals with a review of current research that have been done on the socialization of the child. The results of these studies show different aspects of the socialization of the culturally deprived child. The second chapter deals with reading readiness among urban Negro children. The lack of facility in reading is very damaging to the culturally deprived child. Maternal attitudes and behavior play a major part in the ability of the child to read. Chapter III reveals that maternal attitudes toward the school play an essential role in the socialization of the child. The mother plays a constructive role in socializing the child to meet the expectations of the school system. This role is considered to be almost a necessity in the edu cational advancement of the culturally deprived child. Chapter IV indicates that the behavior which leads to social, educa tional, and economic poverty is socialized in early childhood; that the basic quality involved is an absence of cognitive meaning in the mother-child com munication system; and that the growth of cognitive processes is a wide range of alternatives of action.

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The application of Duncans' theory of residential succession is applied to the black population of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1960 to 1970. An attempt has also been made to describe the areas in which the black population resides and the directions in which the black population is expanding. Rapid growth in the population increased the pattern of residential segregation in Atlanta. There are mechanics which operate to influence housing patterns in a city. Problems of land acquisition are characterized by and perpetuated through systemized segregated housing, zoning ordinances, street closures, the placement of cemetaries, and public housing projects. These factors have great influence on housing patterns in the city. Ready-made barriers are useful buffer zones between the black and white sections of the city. This study attempts to describe the spatial distribution of the black population of Atlanta, Georgia. The main source of information was the work of Otis and Beverly Duncan in their book, The Negro Population of Chicago, which was used as a theoretical basis for definitions of categories used in analyzing census tracts. Also, the study employs statistical techniques. The 1970 Census of Population and Housing and a booklet 1 published by the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission, Population and Housing, 1972, provides information concerning the expansion of the black population.

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This study investigated the social organization of a predominately black nursing home in the city of Atlanta and the care of severely ill residents. Five hypotheses were tested in this study: (l) The higher the status of staff in the nursing home, the more negative the attitudes towards the severely impaired patient. Stated another way, there will be an inverse relationship between staff status and attitudes toward severely impaired patients; (2) Staff members who exhibit high levels of religiosity are more likely than their low religious counterparts to experience positive attitudes toward death and dying; (3) The higher the external locus of control, the more positive the attitudes toward dying; (4) Negative attitudes toward the severely impaired patient will increase as the educational level increases; (5) Positive attitudes toward aging will increase as the age of the staff member increases. Three out of these five hypotheses were partially confirmed (hypotheses 1, 3, and 5) and two (hypotheses 2 and 4) were rejected. The qualitative data obtained through informal interviews with each of the two directors of Sadie G. Mays indicated that the severely impaired patients were assigned to an exclusive ward (Ward D) in order to improve the efficiency of the treatment program. Although these findings are quite applicable to Sadie G. Mays Nursing Home, caution is required before generalizing them to the entire minority nursing home staff population, due to the small sample size (N=25).