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Gorman's poem titled "The Hills We Climb" was removed from the K-5 curriculum in Miami-Dade county.

The young poet who performed her spoken-word piece at President Biden's 2021 inauguration is now at the center of the latest book-banning controversy. Citing documents from...

(NEW YORK) -- After news broke that Amanda Gorman's historic poem "The Hill We Climb" was moved to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade school, the poet slammed efforts to restrict or censor books in schools. "I'm gutted," she said in a statement posted to her social media accounts. She continued, "I wrote The

One week after a parent complained, Gorman's The Hill We Climb was moved. The NAACP chapter in Miami says it wants "to ensure that it takes more than one form to remove our history and heritage."

Alex Wong/Getty Images Amanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" during the inauguration of President Joe Biden in Washington in January 2021.

An elementary school in Florida has removed a copy of 'The Hill We Climb,' the poem Amanda Gorman read at President Joe Biden's inauguration.

"Robbing children of the chance to find their voices in literature is a violation of their right to free thought and free speech," Amanda Gorman said.

The text, read at Joe Bidens 2021 ceremony, was relocated from the elementary section after a parent said it may "cause confusion and indoctrinate."

Under Governor Ron DeSantis, an arch conservative set to run for president in the 2024 election, Florida has been a battleground for clashes over cultural and social issues in the United States.

The new report could become a guidebook for more uncalled book challenges, the Florida Freedom to Read Project contends.