Rosa Power Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Line)

Quote #1

How she sat there, (1)

This might not seem like the ultimate power move (though this might), but refusing to give up her seat was one of the most important acts in the Civil Rights movement.

Quote #2

the time right inside a place
so wrong it was ready. (2–3)

The Deep South in the 1950s was more than ready for a shift in power. Up until that point, white people had all the power, and African-Americans were considered second-class citizens. That would definitely have this guy asking, "What up with that?".

Quote #3

That trim name (4)

Dove describes Rosa Parks's name as "trim" to illustrate the smallness she must have experienced feeling at times because as a black woman she had so little power.