Anticipating the Inaugural Poem – Utne
At just a year old, poet Elizabeth Alexander was in the crowd on the National Mall when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before the country to proclaim, “I have a dream.” This week, at age 46, Alexander will be in Washington D.C. for another historic moment. Alexander is the writer selected by President-elect Barack Obama to deliver an original poem at his swearing-in....
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