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martin was like john coltrane. he could could've been doing my favorite thing for the rest of his career, been a multi-multimillionaire. young brothers we're going to go free just. what is coltrane doing? being true to himself. this to me the real standard of what we need in this present moment. we've got a lot of black people for example, who say they love martin luther king, jr. and i talk about "speaking truth to power" but they don't want to speak truth to the present power. see what i mean? they want to be in accommodation but that's not brother martin. there's nothing wrong with being accommodationist if you're honest about and acknowledge what our limitations of but don't lie to yourself and act as if you're so progressive and prophetic when you really are just a cheerleader and a bootlicker. i mean you've got to be honest and candid about these things. >> host: we are going to get to that crucial but if you want to ask you more about the book itself. so first of all you've defined the radical king, but in t

you see martin was like john coltrane man, he could have been doing my favorite things for the rest of his career and been a multi, multimillionaire. of he bringses in eric duffy young brothers we going to go free jazz. what's coltrane doing? being true to himself. well you see this is, to me, the real standard of what we need in this present moment. and so we got a lot of of black people, for example, who say they love martin luther king jr., and they talk about speaking truth to power, but they don't want to speak truth to the present power. >> uh-huh. >> yeah. they want to be in -- [inaudible] that's not brother martin. and there's nothing wrong with being accommodationist if you're honest about it and acknowledge what the limitations of it. but don't lie to yourself and act as if you're so prophetic. you've got to be honest and candid about these things. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. in this next event hosted by the landon foundation best selling author and