Amanda Gorman, Courtesy Twitter th president of the United States on Wednesday, and brothers were banging, too. From the ceremony beginning in the late morning, to the virtual celebrations that went into the evening, Black people showed up and showed out. By and large, the Black community began to breathe a little easier once Joseph R. Biden put his hand on the family Bible and swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and became president. But the swooning started earlier when Michelle Obama walked down the interior steps of the Capitol sporting an ankle-length maroon coat over a matching jumpsuit, an uber-bling gold buckle at her waist by Black designer Sergio Hudson.