>> she's the author of several books including "essential stories for junior patriots," "in defense of liberty" and "sovereign duty." we'll be taking your phone call, tweets and facebook questions. watch "in depth" sunday live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i'm reading the if fish have moved. -- the fish have moved. i'm reading james clyburn's book, blessed experiences, and i'm also reading about the life of coretta scott king, my life, my love, my legacy about coretta scott king. >> so what inspired these choices? the coretta scott king is great, also looked at it too. >> let me just say then, when coretta was really in the

movement, as now, women in particular black women have never gotten the kind of credit we should have gotten for what we did in the movement. women were very integral to the success of the civil rights movement, but you never hear about them. you hear about martin, about malcolm, about those people, but do you hear about coretta? i mean, do you hear about people like dorothy height or mrs. lowery? .. important for me not just

as a christian but as a leader to figure out how i find a fish and not expect the fish to always be in the same place, fish always come to me. it struck me as a great read, very tiny book, we have to go into deeper waters. sometimes we go into deep water. james clyburn is my friend, one of the most intelligent people, a great historian, i want to get some understanding of who he is, what his childhood was like, why he became the man he is. >> most of these books are

centered around history, most of your interests, you find your inspiration from, or do you have other things? >> i am big on poetry, i am big on pros. if i do a speech the first thing i would do is start to read a poem or something that strikes me, but mostly i love poetry so that is inspirational to me. these books are inspirational in a different way. they inspire me to measure myself against successes of them, to know if i am going on the right direction. sometimes you look at other people and say i would like to have that trade or be like this person. i love history, i love lots of

things, historical kinds of books. >> booktv once to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter@booktv or instagram@book/tv or post it to our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> we are at the famous bridge of glass in washington, located on the shores of commencement bay which was the terminus of the northern pacific railroad as chartered by abraham lincoln. this whole community owes its existence to the railroad. >> welcome to tacoma, washington

on booktv with the help of our comcast cable partners for the next few hours, travel city to talk to local others as we explore the history and literary culture. first, we talk to harold moss about his book "fighting for dreams that mattered" which highlights his life and political career as well as his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest. >> i still and advisor to the black collective. political strategy committee. they invariably, aren't you working on a book, that sort of thing. it made sense. the name of my book is fighting