then from july 11th to the 14th it's the annual libertarian conference, freedomfest in las vegas. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fair's tab on our web site, booktv.org. >> the book is called "blue texas: the make offering a multiracial democratic coalition in the civil rising era" the book dry draws back the curtain or the story of another texas. not the texas of big care and cowboy conservativism that you might social with the state but rather a history in which it's a hotbed of liberal, political organizing, civil rights activism, of trade unionism, and above all, the story i tell is how activists from different groups, african-americans, mexican americans and whites, came together and built an alliance, coalition for both the sive rights and labor rights and political power. there are four legs the coalition. mexican-americans, where most liberal militant faction of mexican-american, the most liberal militant faction of african-american civil rights actives. the most liberal wing. the organize