you can watch previous episodes including our interview with roxanne dunbar-ortiz live, just click on the "in depth" tap near the top of the page of c-span.org. >>> in the runup to the 2022 midterm elections, many politicians, journalists and public figures are out with new books about their lives, their work and the state of america. here's a look at some of those books. in "america: a redemption story," republican senator tim scott of south carolina tells the story of americans that he's met that have overcome hardship and shaped the nation. in the midst of american inequality, former texas republican senator bill graham suggests the problem of economic inequality is overstated and that the policy issue is biased by poor government data. peter baker and student glaser look -- susan glaser look back at president trump's time in the white house in their new book titled, the divider. paul manafort who was later pardoned by then-president trump argues in his book, "political prisoner," that the charges against him were politically motivated. and trump's son-in-law jared kushner released

on the monthly program in-depth longtime historian, activist, professor and author roxanne dunbar ortiz joined to talk about native american history and culture, the liberation movement, the founding of the united states and more. here is a portion of the discussion. >> the term a nation of immigrants is actually very recent. i was surprised to find it dates to 1958 and was implemented by john f. kennedy when he was senator. it seemed to me his purpose was planning to run for president that he had a difficult past because he was a child of immigrants. up until that time, his presidency had been scots irish and protestant. so i think what he emphasizes in the book he published called a nation of immigrants he emphasizes all the great qualities about the irish in particular and it's mainly about that. but the terminology i don't remember it frankly when i was in graduate school. i don't remember the term having caught on yet. i think it was with multiculturalism in the 1970s, 80s and by the '90s it's in all of the textbooks in public schools and simply an accepted term so i see it as a po