By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The first of August marked the anniversary of the day a 23-year-old Women's Army Corps private named Sarah Keys refused to give up her bus seat to a white Marine in Roanoke Rapids, predating Rosa Parks' famous refusal in Montgomery by more than three years. The town of Roanoke Rapids has marked the date as Sarah Keys Evans Day since 2020. Private Sarah Keys Evans, Women's Army Corps (WAC), November 24, 1951-Novembe…
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