>> reinforcing the message of ella baker and bob moses the energy in the sustaining and the power the broad section of the population that basically like rosa parks said about her action. i have had enough and that is enough to sustaining to a great degree. and not from the top down. so is not so much being heralded by recognized in a way that future movements could learn from that experience. one of the motivations for writing this book teaching african-american history over the time shifted from students from the movement in the sixties from ancient history or and i hear we need another martin luther king and that's the wrong message. with all due respect to martin luther king it's very important. the movement made them they need to recognize that i think in any social movement to take place now and in the future. >> thomas holt thank you for speaking with us we appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you we have a lot of questions it's called the movement the african-american struggle for human rights we do encourage you to buy the book at the atlantic history center website

ella baker, bob moses. you wrote about it from the bottom up. the energy and the standing and power of the movement is in that broad section of the population that basically like rosa parks said about her actions that december evening, i had enough. that becomes a sustaining way that you keep the movement immobilized it and it sustains itself. to some great degree. and it's not. >> so is not so much about him being held, it's about being recognized. recognized in a way that future movements could learn from those experiences. one of the motivations for writing the book were that i thought african-american history for more years than i like to admit. and over the side it's shifted from students who basically grew up during the movement to those of course no ancient history and comments from them what we need is another martin luther king. that's exactly the wrong message. all due respect to martin luther king and many of the other leaders, they were very important but that the movement made them, not the other way around. so one needs to recogniz