@kelvinwashington36: Sarah Louise Keys (1928 – November 16, 2023) Sarah Louise Keys was born in 1928 and was a native of Washington, North Carolina. She was the daughter of David Keys, a Navy veteran of World War I and a convert to Catholicism. Keys enlisted in the Women's Army Corps in 1951. She completed her training at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and was stationed at Fort Dix in New Jersey. As a Private First Class on August 1, 1952, Keys traveled from Fort Dix to her family's home in North Carolina. When the bus stopped to change drivers, the new bus driver demanded that Keys relinquish her seat to a white Marine. Keys, feeling tired, declined. She was arrested and spent 13 hours alone in a jail cell in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. She was then ordered to pay a $25 fine for disorderly conduct. Keys was represented by attorney Julius W. Robertson in Keys v. Carolina Coach Co. During that time, Keys had been assigned to Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was discharged in 1953. The case was finally resolved in Keys' favor in 1955 by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Keys was working at a beauty salon in Brooklyn when the news broke. She had tried to keep her case a secret, but her photo soon appeared in the newspapers. Later that year, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to yield her seat to a white passenger. In 1958, Sarah Keys married George Evans. Keys was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York. Keys died on November 16, 2023, at the age of 95. Keys Evans’ action preceded the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Though not the first civil rights movement figure to refuse to give up a seat, Keys Evans helped lay the foundation for protests for years to follow. Her story is seldom told, which is why Take a Seat—Make a Stand is such an important book. Author Amy Nathan self-published Take a Seat because commercial publishers told her they already had a book on Rosa Parks, or that Sarah Keys Evans wasn’t famous so nobody would be interested. Take a Seat -- Make a Stand A Hero in the Family: The Story of Sarah Key Evans, a Civil Rights Hero Who Would Not Be Moved Independent Scholar Amy Nathan (Author) #fypシ゚viral #blackhistoryfacts #fypシ゚ #blackhistory #blackhistorytiktok

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