Opinions | Black Catholic women like Amanda Gorman are forgotten prophets of American democracy Shannen Williams Amanda Gorman, the first national youth poet laureate, speaks during the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris on Jan. 20. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) On Jan. 6, a mostly White mob attacked the nation’s Capitol in a violent attempt to overturn the election of the nation’s second Catholic president and first female, Black and Asian American vice president. Two weeks later, 22-year-old Amanda Gorman took the stage at the Biden-Harris inauguration in front of the same Capitol, and delivered a sermon on equality and hope in the face of lethal resistance with her poem, “The Hill We Climb.”
50 Important Civil Rights Speeches From History
By Karen Johanson, Stacker News
On 2/8/21 at 8:00 PM EST
Activists, athletes, actors, and preachers with sometimes-fiery presentation skills are just a few of the people who ve communicated the message of civil rights to the masses.
When many people think of civil rights, the path to equality for the Black community comes to mind, but oration has been part of other civil rights movements too, including those trying to secure equality for women, those who are older, and LGBTA+ people.
Stacker compiled a list of 50 essential civil rights speeches using resources including BlackPast, TED, American RadioWorks, the Obama Foundation, and additional media and educational sources.
Claims made by Democratic New York City mayoral candidate , Andrew Yang, in a recent op-ed in the Jewish weekly, ‘The Forward’, point to the prevailing ignorance that continues to dominate the US discourse on Palestine and Israel. Yang, a former .