I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know that many people, black and white, were instrumental in changing the Jim Crow status quo on all levels.
Rita DoveThere are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
Rita DoveIt really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing
Rita Dove