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Wendy’s Window: Black Girl Magic Comes Alive
By Wendy Gladney
Wendy Gladney (File photo)
This past week we saw “Black Girl Magic” come alive in such a beautiful way. The world witnessed the first woman of color to be sworn in as Vice President and we also witnessed the first National Youth Poet Laureate by the name of Amanda Gorman who made history speaking at the Inauguration for the 46
th President of the United States. This young
Wordsmith and
Change-maker is a cum laude graduate from Harvard University and hails locally from right here in Southern California. She has been dubbed the next Maya Angelou.
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She said Ms Obama, 57, “kind of kept yelling at Barack” to stop hugging others at a ceremony scaled back due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ms Gorman, who starred alongside the likes of Lady Gaga, recalled: “I was there, and I remember Michelle Obama being close, and she kind of kept yelling at Barack, Stop hugging people, stop getting close to people. And then when I was done, she kind of pushed him out the way and gave me just the biggest, warmest Michelle Obama.
She added: “Whenever I meet Michelle, I hope that she forgets meeting me because I just want a do-over.
Poet Amanda Gorman became a breakout star of President Biden's inauguration after her moving performance earlier this month — and now, she's set to inspire national audiences again.