political aspects

Presents a comprehensive examination of the events that led to the violence in Burundi in 1972 and 1988, and discusses the political conflicts between the Hutu and the Tutsi peoples.

Ann Coulter discusses her beliefs on race and politics in the Obama administration.

Investigates ethnic conflicts in Africa and discusses how they are a result of calculated tyranny, not age-old hatred.

Chronicles the history of African-Americans in the White House from the founding of the nation to the presidency of Barack Obama, sharing stories of slaves, servants, Secret Service agents, performers and intellectuals, community leaders, and politicians.

Contains five articles discussing Black Panther Party, including their beginning and development, the differences between the various branches, and their views, ideologies, goals, and strategies.

Contains articles in which historians and scholars from a variety of fields share their perspectives on the Black Panthers, looking at the organization's role in the civil rights era, discussing the Panthers as American revolutionaries, and examining the Panthers and politics.

Examines the relationship between President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the aftermath of John Kennedy's assassination and in relation to the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

Explains how the views and actions of state-appointed commissioners who attempted to persuade the political leadership and the citizens of the slave states to join in efforts to destroy the Union and forge a new Southern nation lead to the start of the Civil War.

Explains the distinctive place of Kalenjin nationalism in Kenyan politics as well as the role of ethnicity in Africa and traces the work of indigenous intellectuals and independence-era political leaders in shaping a larger sense of collective kinship among people sharing a broadly similar language and culture.