1. Politics occurs when at least two people perceive and communicate a shared tension between their human needs and the social facts, and then initiate a relationship to resolve the tension. Analyze the politics of the abolitionist coalition by (a) clarifying which interest groups were the components of the coalition, (b) describing their perceptions of their common interests (e.g. the common issues around which they collaborated --- problems of power, class, and status, types of freedom desired [see Foner, King, and Patterson]), (c) describing their perceptions of their conflicts within the coalition (e.g. the issues that were the focus of conflict within the coalition (e.g. issues related to power, class and status, and disputes over the types of freedom desired [see Foner, King, and Patterson]), (d)describing how the issues were resolved in favor of maintaining the coalition or dissolving it. part 2 Politics occurs when at least two people perceive and communicate a shared tension between their human needs and the social facts, and then initiate a relationship to resolve the tension. Analyze the politics of Booker T. Washington’s Coalition for Limited Freedom by (a) clarifying which interest groups were the components of the coalition, (b) describing their perceptions of their common interests (e.g. the common issues around which they collaborated --- problems of power, class, and status, types of freedom desired [see Foner, King, and Patterson]), (c) describing their perceptions of their conflicts within the coalition (e.g. the issues that were the focus of conflict within the coalition (e.g. issues related to power, class and status, and disputes over the types of freedom desired [see Foner, King, and Patterson]), (d)describing how the issues were resolved in favor of maintaining the coalition or dissolving it.