so this coalition succeeds in 1964 in reelected ralph yarborough to the senate, in re-elect lyndon johnsonto the presidency and getting support in texas for him, and ultimately they transform local politics. they redraw the map of texas elections so that now, today, you have these blue inner city, central cities, surrounds by red suburbs. but they scudded in their goal of breaking down the doors of the democratic party and transforming it and using it to filing for things like equal prime minister opportunity. they helped to win the civil rights act and the roting -- voting righting a and implement them. they have to keep sitting at lunch counter and file indicate in the court. and fight in the workplace. mr. moses leroy, fighting for equal opportunity and in 1965 he has the tool eeoc and can use that to break open employment at the southern pack. a few years later he is the named plaintiff on a case that creates single member voting district tuesday the city of houston. so day achieved this decades long goal of winning independent political power. it's the same peel. over seasonal e sever

and so this coalition succeeds in 1964 inreelecting ralph yarborough to the senate . in reelecting lyndon johnson to the presidency, getting support in texas and ultimately they transform local politics. they redrawthe mass . for the election so that now today you have these blue inner cities, centralcities surrounded by these rent solvers . they succeeded in their decade-long goal of breaking down the doors of the democratic party and shaking it over and transforming it and using it as a vehicle to fight forthings like equal employment opportunity. they helped to win the civil rights and voting rights act and to implement those on the ground . after the law was passed there was still segregation so they have to go in and demonstrate lunch counters, filing cases through the court . they do the same to open up the workplace . he'd been fighting for equal opportunities at work since the 1930s at least. in 1965 he finally has the tool of the eeoc and he's able to use that to break open employment. a few years later, he becomes the main plaintiff on a case that creates si