A biography of Mamphela Ramphele, a woman who, as a medical doctor, teacher, anthropologist, and advisor to the Mandela government, challenged the racial and gender-based inequities in South Africa.
Follows the life of the current president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from the gang-plagued streets of Baltimore, Maryland, to his position of leadership in Congress and among the African-American community.
Presents a historical background on the Kurds while looking at controversies surrounding the group's treatment by Iraq and Turkey and whether the Kurds should be granted an independent state, and features four personal narratives.
Presents twelve essays that argue opposing points on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, covering its causes, the world's reaction, and the country's rebuilding, and includes an introductory overview, a chronology, and a further reading list.
Presents background information on the Kurds and examines the history of their ethnic conflict with other peoples in the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia.
A collection of essays that provides varying perspectives on issues concerning the Latino community in the United States, covering how it is perceived, immigration attitudes and policies, political power, education, and more.
Argues that the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the period after 1965, laid the foundations for Barack Obama's 2009 presidential inauguration, highlighting the policies, people, and events that led to a new wave of African-American leadership in the United States.
