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Amanda Gorman s Inauguration Poem Has Black Women Talking
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman speaks at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, DC.
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Amanda Gorman mesmerized the nation with her inauguration poem, The Hill We Climb. The beauty of her presence and the power of her words captured a country battle-scarred and looking for a lifeline. After four years in a dark wilderness, she was like a ray of sunshine and a burst of hope which had been in too short a supply for far too long, Cambridge, Mass., Councilwoman E. Denise Simmons said.