Transcripts For CSPAN2 20170824

What inspired these choices . Let me just say that then when she was really in the movement as now, women in particular, black women, have never gotten a kind of glad we gotten from what we did in the movement. Women were very integral to the success of the Civil Rights Movement but you never hear much about them. You hear about martin. You hear about malcolm. You about those people that do hear about coretta . Do you hear about people like Dorothy Height or mrs. Lowry . Im intrigued about the women behind these great men and women made the movement move. So thats why the coretta book. The fish who move by pastor at a georgia who was talking about that weve got some complacent in our churches that we, this is how he explains it. We go to the same place to catch fish every time, even though the last few times weve been going the fish are not there but we still go into the same thing. He said maybe where to go into deeper waters and find the fish because the fish have moved. I think its important for me not just as a christian but as a leader to figure out how do i find the fish and not expect but they should always be at the same place or to always come to me. And it just struck me as such a great read, very tiny book, but so powerful and impactful. We ha have to figure out how too into the deeper waters and not be afraid to go out further. We want to stand on the shore. Sometimes up to go into deep water. Thats why that one. And then James Clyburn is my friend. I think its probably one of the most intelligent people ive ever met. Hes a great historian and hes had great experiences so want to just get some understanding of who he is even deeper as a person. What his childhood was like him when he became the man he is and thats why these three books this summer. Most of these books are centered around history. Is that were most of your interest and you find your inspiration from, or do you have other genres that are of interest you . Im big on poetry. Im big on pros, and so lets say for instance, i were to do the speech, the first thing i would do is start to read a poem or something that strikes me, sometimes in music, mostly i love poetry. So thats inspirational to me. These books are inspirational in a different way. They inspire me to be the kind of people in these books to measure myself against the successes of them to know if im going in the right direction. Sometimes you look at other people and say id like to have that trade, id like to be like this person, and thats why every. I am a bigtime historian. I love history. I love lots of things. This just happens to be my Summer Reading historical kinds of books. Booktv wants to know what you are reading. Send us your Summer Reading list via twitter booktv or instagram, or facebook at facebook. Com booktv. Booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. According to the u. N. Over 3 Million People have been internally displaced in the democratic republic of congo as fighting between the government and rebel groups continues. Next the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hosted a discussion on the current political and security situation in the drc it will hear from representatives from Amnesty International and