"In Riding into History, Amy Nathan draws on several years of personal conversations with Sarah Keys Evans alongside extensive historical and legal research to present a biography of Evans and her central role in the struggle for civil rights. A member of the Women's Army Corps, Evans was arrested in 1952 in Roanoke Rapids, NC for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, three years before Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama for the same offense. Today, a monument in Roanoke Rapids; Martin Luther King Jr. Park honors Evans and her pursuit of justice. Often overlooked in typical accounts of the Civil Rights era, Keys Evans' arrest and court case served as a crucial landmark in the fight to end segregation on public transportation. The book is comprised of several interwoven stories of Keys Evans' life, from her early childhood in Washington, NC through her participation in the movement to end Jim Crow policies, closing with a chapter containing brief accounts of some of the other men and womenwho took stands against transportation segregation from the mid-19th century onward"-- Provided by publisher. 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. Drawing on first-hand interviews and extensive research, Riding into History tells the story of US Army veteran Sarah Keys Evans and her crucial role as a young member of the Women’s Army Corps when she won a landmark Civil Rights case that desegregated interstate travel. Autorid: Amy Nathan, Sarah Keys Evans