Overlooked trailblazer: Before Rosa Parks, Sarah Keys refuse

Nearly seven decades after two Black Army women from North Carolina helped end discrimination on interstate buses, the state is recognizing their nearly-forgotten civil rights case. A historical marker will soon be dedicated in Roanoke Rapids.

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