Florida School Bans Amanda Gorman Poem Read At Biden's Inauguration
Gorman's poem titled "The Hills We Climb" was removed from the K-5 curriculum in Miami-Dade county.
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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.