‘Rosa Parks’ by Nikki Giovanni is a poem about activism and the importance of remembering important moments in African American history. The poem pays tribute to the heroic actions of the Pullman Porters who spearheaded the civil rights movement and forever changed history for the African American community.
This poem is widely regarded as a powerful and moving poem that celebrates the contributions of the Pullman Porters, Thurgood Marshall, and Rosa Parks to the Civil Rights Movement. The poem effectively uses free verse and narrative techniques to convey a sense of history, bravery, hope, and resilience.
This is for the Pullman Porters who organized when people said
they couldn’t. And carried the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago
Defender to the Black Americans in the South so they would
In ‘Nikki-Rosa,’ Nikki Giovanni explores her experiences while growing up in a closely-knit black community in 1950s America.
‘The Women Gather’ is a short, free verse poem that speaks on how we judge one another and the essentially good nature of human beings.Â
The women gather because it is not unusual to seek comfort in our hours of stress.
A man must be buried.
It is not unusual that the old bury the young though it is an abomination.
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