The poem, “Rosa” is from Rita Dove’s book ‘On the Bus With Rosa Parks’ .
In 1987, Rita Dove was one of the youngest poets to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

This poem is about Rosa Park , an African American woman who challenged racial prejudice.
The poem is set at a time period that , in America when black people and white people had to go to different schools and restaurants, and sit in different parts of buses. One day, Rosa Parks, a black woman, changed the course of history by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.