HURRICANE KATRINA AFTERMATH
With the Mississippi River in the background, Dr. Michael White, a jazz clarinetist and professor of jazz at Xavier University in New Orleans, speaks about bringing back the flood-ravaged city after a jazz funeral process dedicated to those who lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina. (UPI Photo/ A.J. Sisco)
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