Riding Into History

The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the Fight to Desegregate Bus Travel

Amy Nathan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2026
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-3316-5 (ISBN)

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As a member of the integrated Women’s Army Corps, Private First Class Sarah Keys served her country as a receptionist at Fort Dix, New Jersey. When she boarded a bus home to North Carolina in 1952, she never expected to be arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for refusing to move to the rear so a white Marine could take her seat. Her landmark 1955 Civil Rights victory, “Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company” not only desegregated interstate bus travel, it also provided the legal precedent needed during the 1961 Freedom Rides to pressure the Interstate Commerce Commission to properly enforce its Sarah Keys ruling. Often overlooked in many accounts of the Civil Rights era, her arrest and victory are crucial milestones in the fight against segregation. Riding into History draws on years of personal conversations with Sarah Keys Evans as well as extensive research to present a biography of this hero and her role in the struggle for civil rights alongside the long history of many other Black Americans, especially women, who protested racial segregation in interstate travel.

Amy Nathan is the author of more than fifteen books, including A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.3.2026
Co-Autor	Sarah Keys Evans
Zusatzinfo	19 illustrations
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	445 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4780-3316-9 / 1478033169
ISBN-13	978-1-4780-3316-5 / 9781478033165
Zustand	Neuware