and his work in the civil rights movement. >> spent the first time i met ralph denton was that an engagementarty. and las vegas and nevada function on six degrees of kevin bacon everybody knows somebody who knows somebody else. and a very different of mine named mary lou folie whose father and grandfather were federal judges was getting married, and ended up at a table with ralph and his wife, and linda and bob. he also was an attorney. she is an advertising executive here. the whole evening was the stories. they had all known each other for ever, and i was working on my ph.d in history. it wasn't on the beta but i couldn't appear. i do a lot of nevada history one year the names they were talking about. and just to sit and listen to the yarns, which makes it sound like they were not too but i think they were, it was just very fun especially we became very good friends. when ralph was a kid and the depression, nevada was going with the rest of the country tied into the fdr coalition because becoming a very democratic state. so in essence it was a democrat that was a pretty good timing for him

and his work in the civil rights movement. >> the first time i met ralph denton was at an engagementty. and las vegas and nevada function on six degrees of kevin bacon. everybody knows somebody who knows somebody else. and a very dear friend of mine named mary lou foley whose father and grandfather were federal judges, was getting married, and i ended up at a table with ralph and his wife sarah and linda and bob fess. he also was an attorney, she is an advertising executive here. and the whole evening was stores. they had all -- stories. they had all known each other forever, and i was working on my ph.d. in history. it wasn't on nevada, but i'd grown up here, i'd done a lot of nevada history, so i knew the names they were talking about. and just to sit and listen to the yarns, which makes it sound lightening they weren't true -- like they weren't true, but i think they were, it was just very fun and special, and we became very good friends. when ralph was a kid in the depression, nevada was going with the rest of the country kind of into the fdr coalition. it was becoming a very dem