1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sarah Keys Evans Congressional Gold Medal Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Sarah Keys Evans was born on April 18, 1929, in Washington, North Carolina, in a town called Keysville, the second oldest of seven children. (2) Sarah Keys, an Army veteran and civil rights pioneer, is a living example that change is possible if we are willing to stand up and fight for what is right. (3) Before the 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott that followed, there was Sarah Keys Evans. Her refusal to give up her seat on an interstate charter bus prompted the landmark court case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company, in which the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) outlawed the segregation of Black passengers in buses traveling across State lines. (4) On August 1, 1952, Women’s Army Corps, Private First Class Sarah Keys, boarded a bus in Trenton, New Jersey, for her first home visit to Washington, North Carolina, since joining the military. The bus she boarded would take her directly to her North Carolina destination without any required bus changes. (5) Once the bus reached Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, a new driver took over the bus and as was custom, went through the bus and rechecked tickets. When he came to Ms. Keys, he told her to give up her seat to a White Marine who boarded the bus in Roanoke Rapids and move to the back of the bus. Tired from her long journey and understanding her rights, Sarah refused. (6) Six years prior, in 1946, there was a Supreme Court decision (Morgan v. Virginia) that said it was illegal to practice passenger segregation on interstate buses, but local jurisdictions found ways to circumvent Federal laws. (7) Frustrated with her persistence, the bus driver announced that all passengers would be moving to a different bus, but that woman who refused to change her seat, referring to Ms. Keys, would not be allowed to board the new bus and would not be allowed to continue the trip. (8) Shortly thereafter, two police