- The poem Ballad of Birmingham is about african american kids that got blown up at a church. Four young african americans are attending church and a bomb goes off blowing them up.
- “She has combed and brushed her dark-night hair”
- The girl is very sweet and innocent. She wants to go and help the protestors at such a young age and asks her mother so politely. An example of this is how she says “Mother dear,” when she asks to go downtown to protest.