About Sarah Louise Keys
Lived 1928 – 2023 (aged 94–95). Sarah Louise Keys was an American human rights defender.
Sarah Keys Evans (born Sarah Louise Keys; 1928 – November 16, 2023) was an African American Army veteran who was a major figure in the civil rights movement in the United States.
Biography 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.
Keys died on November 16, 2023, at the age of 95.
Legacy
Keys was invited to speak at the 1997 Dedication of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
The 117th United States Congress considered a bill to award Keys with the Congressional Gold Medal.
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American civil rights activist
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Sarah Louise Keys was born in 1928 in Washington.
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Sarah Louise Keys died on 16 November 2023.
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Sarah Louise Keys was a human rights defender.
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