Indiana native, B.J. Hollars, now a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire, has a deep interest in the Americna civil rights movement and flair for creative nonfiction that have converged in a new book called “The Road South: Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders.”

Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Julia Meek spoke with Hollars in Fort Wayne about how his interest in this important part of America’s history developed, and where the journey has led.