our july guest will be author journalist and historian herbert boyd. his books include a history of harlem and examination of the works of james baldwin and a history of african-americans in the united states. watch booktv on sunday, july 2 from 12 to 3:00 p.m. eastern and call in to ask mr. herb boyd about his books. >> every summer booktv visits capitol hill to ask members of congress what are you reading? this is look at some of their answers. >> i just finished devils in the growth. a book by a man named gilbert - all about the life of thurgood marshall before he was ever anyone's judge but was litigating cases in the south at tremendous risk to himself. basically fighting for justice. >> there is a book i want to read, bringing out the best in people.i think every once in a while, it is like to get a new perspective on how you lead a team. i always say you lead people and you manage assets. >> kingdom of ice, harry reid recommended this. i just read about the terrific novel called all the light you can't see. moving into the narrow road to the dee

journalist herbert boyd look to have the city of detroit became a cultural center for african americans. in black detroit. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week. and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> this weekend on american history tv, on c-span3. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history. university of kansas professor adrian lewis on omaha beach and the 1944 d-day landings in normandy france. during world war ii. >> the normandy invasion, normandy was selected because it was poorly defendant in 1943. at most, it omaha beach birth some they had some battalions. a year later when ramos was in charge of the defense is all of the forces we talked about had been moved forward.>> at 10 o'clock on reel america in 1967 monthly film series on the activities of president lyndon johnson. >> he often remarked that one of the chief executives most important jobs is attracting able and talented public servants to washington. the month of june would see two major appointments. first alexander - as secretary of commerce. and thurgood m

. >> live sunday at noon eastern author, journalist and history professor herbert boyd is our guest on the tvs in-depth. >> i often draw parallels between detroit and new york in the book. you look at the 1863 clients, there's a nice contrast, nice comparison there was happening in new york and what was happening here in detroit. most of the same reasons. you know, you talk about the black and irish community at each other's throats in terms of jobs and housing. so, if you go down to the 1943, we had one in harlem in 1943. you go to 68, 67, same kind of thing and it's the same conditions that created that. >> is books include autobiography of the people, and his latest, black detroit, a people's history of self-determination black lawyers, black doctors, black laborers, they all lived right next to each other and benefit, so, the class and our mission was going on. we can talk about the benefits of segregation. certainly, that would be one. the opportunity to have contact with people of another class. of course, that's the beginning, that the melding of the black middle class in detroi