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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"An inspiring, important, and often-neglected story of a civil rights icon," says the KIRKUS Review of the new book RIDING INTO HISTORY, about "U.S. Army PFC Sarah Louise Keys (1928-2023), who resisted bus segregation three years before Rosa Parks. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Photo of the cover of the book RIDING INTO HISTORY, showing PFC Sarah Louise Keys in her uniform for the Women's Army Corps

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

"A Conversation with Amy Nathan: Exploring the Legacy of Sarah Keys Evans and America's Long Road to Justice." The podcast Conversations with Kenyatta, discusses the new book RIDING INTO HISTORY about civil rights hero Sarah Keys Evans (Duke University Press) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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A Conversation with Amy Nathan: Exploring the Legacy of Sarah Keys Evans and America's Long Road to Justice

Podcast Episode · Conversations with Kenyatta · June 25 · 43m

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The Carousel on the National Mall is back !! Reinstalled with repairs so the horses are as gorgeous as ever, with the historical marker installed, too, telling of the ride's link to civil rights history. Here's a Smithsonian Magazine article about this: www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...

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A Young Black Girl Was the First to Desegregate a Maryland Carousel in the 1960s. Now, the Historic Merry-Go-Round Will Entertain Visitors on the National Mall

The ride from Gwynn Oak Amusement Park has been out of commission for renovations since 2023. It opens to the public on April 24

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

"RIDING INTO HISTORY" review in Harvard Magazine: "Nathan recounts the case as both biography and legal history ...illuminating an under-studied chapter of the civil rights movement. Keys's landmark 1955 victory closed a loophole ...used to maintain segregation in interstate travel."

Picture of the cover of RIDING INTO HISTORY by Amy Nathan and Sarah Keys Evans, Duke University Press, 2026

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

What a surprise! On April 19, 2026, at an event celebrating the new Duke book on the late Sarah Keys Evans -- RIDING INTO HISTORY -- the Major Reading Blount Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented an award & medal honoring this civil rights hero (to be sent to her sister).

photo of D.A.R. award honoring Sarah Keys Evans with a medal hanging from a red white and blue ribbon

Photo of the cover of the book RIDING INTO HISTORY by Amy Nathan and Sarah Keys Evans, published by Duke University Press

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

New review for RIDING INTO HISTORY (about civil rights hero Sarah Keys Evans) Forbes Magazine, April 2026 "change often begins when ordinary people encounter injustice and refuse to accept it." www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...

Cover of the book RIDING INTO HISTORY: The Surprising Story of Sarah Keys Evans and the Fight to Desegregate Bus Travel --

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Review of the Duke book "RIDING INTO HISTORY" about civil rights hero Sarah Keys Evans on TURNED PAGE REVIEW turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/riding-int...

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Riding into History

How Sarah Keys Evans Desegregated Interstate Bus Travel

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

"A moving tale of courage and persistence, told simply and succinctly . . . " from KIRKUS of "Sarah Keys Evans: The Power of Quiet Courage"---for young readers from the N.C. Office of Archives and History. Here's the link to the review on the KIRKUS site: www.kirkusreviews.com/.../amy.../s...

photo of cover of the book "Sarah Keys Evans: The Power of Quiet Courage"---for young readers from the N.C. Office of Archives and History.

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Seize The Moment Podcast / January 26, 2026 / an in-person interview primarily on the Duke book: Riding into History/ but also on the general story Amy Nathan - The Untold Story of Civil Rights Icon Sara Keyes Evans | STM Podcast #250 www.youtube.com/watch?v=usui...

Cover of the book RIDING INTO HISTORY showing the back cover with comments about the book.

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Q&A with Amy Nathan on her two new books about the civil rights figure Sarah Keys Evans--one book for adults and one for kids! tinyurl.com/4kjvh534

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

NEW 2nd EDITION -- with a “PARDON” for Homer Plessy-- of the book about the historic 1896 “Plessy v. Ferguson” Supreme Court decision: "TOGETHER: An Inspiring Response to "Separate-but-Equal" www.pauldrybooks.com/products/tog...

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of WWII"—a photo-filled book from National Geographic about the women pilots of World War II, the WASP & Their CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL! --"Yankee Doodle Gals really sparkles when Nathan tells the stories of individual WASPs.." —Washington Post

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

"THE BODY POLITIC" ON PBS' POV program Monday Nov. 25 -- and then on the PBS website afterwards -- excellent documentary on Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott's community-based violence prevention efforts that have succeeded in reducing violence in Baltimore. www.pbs.org/pov/films/bo...

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The Body Politic - POV

In Baltimore, a young mayor fights to enact a bold plan to end chronic violence.

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

At an "Author's Night" here's a carousel horse cutout on paper, decorated by a 3rd grader responding to the children's book "A Ride to Remember." She wrote her wish for making the world a better place, writing: "I wish the ocean would be clean with no garbage."

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Amy Nathan @amynathan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

At an "Author's Night" at J Anderson's Books, here's a carousel horse decorated by a 3rd grader responding to the picture book "A Ride to Remember" -- writing on the horse her wish for making the world a better place.....She wrote: "I wish the Ocean would be clean without garbage"

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