mr. conner, mr. commissioner? >> that is right, he was the safety commissioner. >> he was the director of safety. he could have lunch, or breakfast with us in the student union. he was engaging. and we're right at the tennessee-alabama state line he said, i'm letting you off here. it is claimed territory. he said, you can make it back the best way. a bus will be coming along. a train will be coming along, but you cannot come back to alabama. we start walking, and one of the african-american students said, there must be some black people here. there must be some colored folks here someplace. we kept walking and we came up on an old shotgun house and knocked on the door. we kept knocking and an elderly black man came to the door. we said, we are the freedom riders. we are in trouble. please, let us in. he closed the door. heard as knocking again and knocking, and she came and said to her husband, baby, please let them in. let them in. he took the seven of us and placed us in the back room. we had been on a hunger st