Riding Into History: The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the Fight to Desegregate Bus Travel - Hardcover
by Amy Nathan
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478029717ISBN-10:1478029714UPC:9781478029717Book Category:Social Science, History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, United States, African American & BlackBook Topic:American, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SCDN494CZF
Riding Into History: The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the Fight to Desegregate Bus Travel
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....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478029717ISBN-10:1478029714UPC:9781478029717Book Category:Social Science, History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, United States, African American & BlackBook Topic:American, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SCDN494CZF
Amy Nathan is the author of more than fifteen books, including Together: An Inspiring Response to the "Separate-but-Equal" Supreme Court Decision that Divided America, Making Time for Making Music, Round and Round Together, and A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story. She is a native of Baltimore who now lives outside New York City.
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