Dallas activists Roy Williams and Marvin Crenshaw

By Sam Baker, KERA 90.1 Interim News Director

Dallas, TX – In the last 16 years, Marvin Crenshaw and Roy Williams have watched the Dallas City Council Grow from 11 to 15 seats. People of color hold more of those seats - currently four African-Americans and three Hispanics. Williams and Crenshaw were the plaintiffs in the lawsuit and fronted the years-long legal struggle that led to the 14-1 voting plan in 1991. Since then, the two longtime community activists have failed several times to win elected office. But Williams told 90.1's Sam Baker he still had a better chance of winning under 14-1 than he ever did as an at-large candidate under the previous voting system.