Maya Angelou s poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In her speech, the poet laureate also referenced Maya, who was the inaugural poet at
Bill Clinton s 1993 inauguration ceremony. (Oprah bought Maya a coat for the occasion and wanted to do the same for Amanda. Since she already had her coat picked out, Oprah gave her the jewelry.) Amanda is only the fourth poet to read at an inauguration, according to
The New York Times. She s also the youngest ever to do so. The Hill We Climb also references the
COVID-19 pandemic that has ravaged America, and the world, and the insurrection on
‘Excitement’ as Alabama classrooms watch Biden inauguration
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
Posted Jan 20, 2021
Kamala Harris is sworn in as Vice President by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) APAP
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As Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn into office Wednesday, Madison Goodwin saw one of her students, watching from the floor of the classroom, raise her own hand along with Harris.
“When the vice president was being sworn in, it was like you could hear a pin drop, which never happens in my classroom,” Goodwin, a first-grade teacher at i3 Academy, a charter school in Birmingham, said, laughing. “I’m really excited that they get this, that it will be the norm for them in the future.”
Our new president is a man for prose. In his inaugural address Wednesday, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, Joe Biden defended the value of truth, facts, science. He
Who is Amanda Gorman? 9 things to know about the youngest poet laureate of US
Post her mesmerising poem recital at President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris inauguration, Amanda Gorman is drawing praises from the Obamas and Oprah Winfrey, among others.
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activist and US National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman s arresting performance mesmerised the audience.
Her strong-worded poem
The Hill We Climb addressed the chaotic events of a mob attack on the Capitol Hills, divisive politics in the US, and ended on a hopeful note of freedom and democracy.
Here are nine things to know about the trailblazing woman: