03987cam a2200553 c 4500 BV050739560 DE-604 20260522 cr|uuu---uuuuu 260513s2026 xx a||| o|||| 00||| eng d 9781478061922 Online 9781478061922 DE-604 ger rda Nathan, Amy Verfasser aut Riding into history the surprising story of Sarah Keys Evans and the fight to desegregate bus travel Amy Nathan with Sarah Keys Evans Surprising story of Sarah Keys Evans and the fight to desegregate bus travel Surprising story of Sarah Keys Evans and the fight to desegregate bus travel Durham ; London Duke University Press [2026] 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 284 Seiten) Illustrationen Leading the Way -- A Glimmer of Hope -- Test Rides -- Into History -- "The Quietist of Us All" -- Education Backstory: North Carolina -- "Can Anything Be Done for My People?" -- A Plan of Attack -- Finding a Strategy -- Never Give Up -- Winning a Wider Victory -- Moving On -- Closing the Circle "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 women who took stands against transportation segregation from the mid-19th century onward"-- Provided by publisher Evans, Sarah Keys United States / Army / Women's Army Corps / Biography Segregation in transportation / North Carolina / History / 20th century / Biography African Americans / Civil rights / North Carolina / History / 20th century / Biography Race discrimination / United States / History / 20th century Women soldiers / United States / Biography African American women civil rights workers / Biography Civil rights workers, Black / Biography Défenseuses des droits de l'homme noires américaines / Biographies Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs / Biographies Ségrégation dans le transport / Caroline du Nord / Histoire / 20e siècle / Biographies Noirs américains / Droits / Caroline du Nord / Histoire / 20e siècle / Biographies Biographies Biographies Evans, Sarah Keys Verfasser aut Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 9781478029717 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 9781478033165 ZDB-198-DUB ZDB-198-DUB26 oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-036084584 10.1215/9781478061922 doi (DE-599)BVBBV050739560 eng DE-703 txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478061922?locatt=mode:legacy Verlag lizenzpflichtig Volltext https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478061922?locatt=mode:legacy DE-703 ZDB-198-DUB ZDB-198-DUB26 Verlag Volltext