Instead, they argue, it could force black politicians to move more toward the center and to work harder at building multi-ethnic coalitions.

Cermak was a Czech immigrant credited with creating a multi-ethnic Democratic political coalition that included formerly Republican African Americans.

The movement initially consisted of a broad multi-ethnic coalition of independent cultural and political groups that pressed for reform within the Soviet system and for the national emancipation of ethnic Moldovans.

While it is a mainly Shi'a alliance, State of Law is officially a national, non-sectarian, multi-ethnic coalition.

The 1987 coup followed the election of a multi-ethnic coalition, which Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka overthrew, claiming racial discrimination against ethnic Fijians.

And in 1933, he was able to build a multi-ethnic, multiparty coalition to become mayor, the first Italian-American to do so.

A moderate multi-ethnic coalition of Muslims, Croats and Serbs, led by a popular former Mayor, received only 1,900 votes out of 58,000 cast.

Lynch was credited as being largely responsible for the victory by forging a broad multi-ethnic coalition, later dubbed the "Dinkins coalition."

The fledgling multi-ethnic governing coalition plays down the incident stating it is a local problem stemming from the slow implementation of the peace agreement after the 2001 civil war, while some opposition parties call for "strong action".

In preparation for the December 2005 Iraqi election, INC broke with the United Iraqi Alliance and formed its own multi-ethnic coalition, the National Congress Coalition.