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Mick Unplugged
Clyburn discussed the upcoming release of his book about the eight pioneering Black congressmen from South Carolina, noting its scheduled November11 launch and expressing excitement to share their stories.
And we talk about the legacy I want to leave behind. You put your legacy in writing for us. I'd love for you to just talk about the first eight, where the thought came from to put this out, and who yo...
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Clyburn discussed the upcoming release of his book about the eight pioneering Black congressmen from South Carolina, noting its scheduled November11 launch and expressing excitement to share their stories.
And we talk about the legacy I want to leave behind. You put your legacy in writing for us. I'd love for you to just talk about the first eight, where the thought came from to put this out, and who you hope to touch with this amazing book that you have.
Later that day, I said to my staff, you know, maybe one day after I get over this book we just published, I might write a book about these eight people because I think that's the first African American to be elected to the House of Representatives and sworn in on December 12, 1770.
And then when my communications director retired in the middle of doing the book, she said to me, I'm going to retire, but I want you to finish this book. You write, I'll do the copy editing, I'll do the footnotting. You just write and send me what you've written. That's what led to the book and this production that's going to be released on November 11th.
And I can't wait. Again, being from South Carolina and knowing what that history means to me, I almost wonder what took so long, but then I go, the only person that could do it is Jim Clyburn.
The first 20 people that message me, the first eight, I'm going to purchase a copy of the book for them. I'm going to buy them for them.