we were in a rock bellsouth carolina and came to freedom ride and one thing led to the next. >> where are you from an originally? >> i was born in washington, d.c.. i am home. but after above rights -- my family is from georgia in a really touched me, the pictures and i felt the integration of the college's couldn't be undergoing this tremendous thing, that integration is real and had to be a two-way street. the college accepted me. so the ticket to mississippi and there i was. >> did you incorporate the story of other freedom riders in the book? >> absolutely. there were nine demonstrators in jacksonville that the and i was able to interview all of them. there was one additional freedom rider but unfortunately he died before i got involved. i talked to his family and he was part of a group in new orleans so i talked to them and this incorporates a lot of stories. the demonstrators, the media covering the sit-in's, i was able to get the fbi records and i talked to some of the people who were pictured in the crowd. i was able to identify them and talk to them as well so it was a compre