senator robert boxer of california will look back in her life and career in politics. also coming up, they will profile the woman instrumental in the space program in the 1940s and 50s. this weekend, the vice president of policy and research, tamara draut will talk about the new working class. and their potential political power. she is she's in conversation with "democracy now"'s amy goodman. >> we had a deep and long history in this country of undervaluing work that involves serving people and especially caring for people. we now have a working class that is much more female and much more people of color then the industrial working class. that very definition of who is working class is one reason why think we have seen a real disappearance of the idea of the working class in this country. >> afterwards there's a book tv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous afterwards program on our website, booktv.org. >> "listen, liberal", that's how it's supposed to be said, the!, the! it is important because what we're talking ab

boxers. >> yeah, it does work. it's-- and it also shows the complicated relationship that he had with martin luther king, that our film that is written by also the playwright robert schedge-- schenken, he shows the political acumen of both men and how they jockied for position and trying to feel each other out and realized the two men i believe in my research that they had-- they knew that they were trying to get to the same goal. but their agenda and scheduling and timing was always different,. >> rose: dr. martin luther king, jr. says to lyndon john sorntion you tell lbj in no uncertain terms there can be no more changes to this or else he will look embarrassed in front of his own people and he can't have that. everything would be turned upside down. so that was it but martin lustre king knew very well that the real jewel in the crown was the voting rights act that happened in 1965 a year later. >> rose: with that you can change politics. >> that you change everything. because instead of the african-american community begging to be included now they get a voice. and then the politicians have to come to them and appeal to their sensibilities and their intellect.