Carolyn Rodgers Quotes

The history, the root, the strength of my father is the strength we now rest on.

Father, Roots

Carolyn M. Rodgers (1975). “How I got ovah: new and selected poems”

My mother, religious-negro, proud of Having waded through a storm, is, very obviously, A sturdy Black bridge that I Crossed over, on.

Mother, Religious, Bridges