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Dove, Rita.
On the bus with Rosa Parks : poems / Rita Dove.

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ISBN 0-393-04722-9

1. Afro-American women civil rights workers—Poetry. 2. Civil rights

movements—United States—Poetry. 3. Afro-Americans—Civil rights—

Poetry. 4. Afro-American women—Poetry. I. Title.

PS3554.0884052    1999

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