as one member called it, coalitionee. a process, a messy process, coalitions fell apart and had to be reorganized. despite these obstacles, there are many examples of coalitions coming together. i am recovering those. in fact, in texas, there were often several competing coalitions at any given time. the liberal coalition i focus on today, a more conservative coalition, and at times, particularly in the late 60's, a more radical african american coalition. for all of these activists, the use of multiracial coalitions proved critical. for liberals, it was a key tool in their achievement of civil rights and some semblance of democracy in the state and nation, however in complete the process of been. i want to close by highlighting how the book highlights the chicano movement. i'm talking more about the previous group, the mexican-american generation, rather than strictly the chicano youth movement. but history invites us to think about how the line between these groups is fuzzy or than we commonly assumed. it is not strictl