society for us in that the political life is actually a way to bring us together, that we other, workeach together to solve shared a mores and make this just and democratic society. the port huron statement and is in the sort of ominously haunting sentence. if we appear to seek the unattainable, then let it be known that we do so to avoid the unimaginable. i think the unimaginable that they had their was the cold war, ,uclear war, lack of democracy the continuation of the rampant racism in america at the time. that scared them and that moved them to organize and get people to join. >> this weekend, we're featuring the history of port huron, michigan. to learn more about port huron and other stops on the cities c-span.org/citiestour. who watching american history tv. the weekend, our road to white house coverage takes you to the green party political convention in houston. 9:00 pm eastern, city acceptance speeches from nomineespresidential for the green party. watch any time at c-span.org. >> up next on american history back -- derekek .eck discusses his book in this hour-long talk in new