Point. I could easily have seen how my life could not in a different direction. Host couldnt you have done with my brother michael and your brother james did. They joined the navy so they could divert the draft. Did you think about that . Guest i thought about that but by that time i was very politicized and i would have felt guilty that i was taking the easy way out. I think i knew that i could have gone into the military and i wouldnt have been sent to the frontline. I might have been sent to vietnam but by that time it was more the symbolism of it. I knew that i did not want to support that war. Host zero you know a lot of young people our age, black people our age at that time had difficulty reconciling or not having all the rights that whites had and then serving this country and taking a risk. Mohammed ali. Guest if i was going to fight for democracy i would have done it in mississippi and alabama. I didnt have to go 10,000 miles to fight for democracy. Host did you ever think ab
Up next on booktv, after words with guest host author and playwright Janet Langhart cohen. This week a story in Clayborne Carson and his latest martins dream my journey and the legacy of Martin Luther king, jr. In it he reveals his journey from teenage Civil Rights Activist to being present at the 1963 march on washington to editor of Martin Luther king jr. s papers. He includes encounters with many leaders and organizers in the Civil Rights Movement including ella baker, the Dorothy Carmichael and the king family. Its about an hour. Host dr. Carson thanks for joining me on after words. Guest its my pleasure. Host europe but martins dream is a memoir and a history book. In the book you talk about your personal journey and you are very candid about your life and you also cover new insights as a historian to the life and legacy of dr. Martin luther king, jr. What prompted you to write the book this way . Guess go well i wanted to write something to market 50th anniversary and i realized