What she was born to do : Grandmother describes poet laureate Amanda Gormanâs performance at inauguration Updated: 10:49 AM PST Jan 21, 2021 What she was born to do : Grandmother describes poet laureate Amanda Gormanâs performance at inauguration Share Updated: 10:49 AM PST Jan 21, 2021
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Show Transcript FAMILY IN SACRAMENTO. MY GOODNESS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN. REPORTER: HARD TO PUT INT WORDS, THE FEELING, WATCHING YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AT A HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION. I ALWAYS KNEW THAT SHE COULD DO THIS. I KNEW THAT SHE COULD DO IT. I WAS FILLED WITH PRIDE FOR MY FAMILY, FOR HER FAMILY, FOR HER FRIENDS, AND FOR HER. REPORTER: THE SIGNIFICANCE THE MOMENT NOT LOST ON BERTHA GORMAN. SHE GREW UP IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH. HER FATHER MADE SURE HIS CHILDREN KNEW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS. THIS DAY IS VERY IMPACTFUL BECAUSE IT IS SO HISTORIC. TO BE WITH THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN OF COLOR WHO HAS BE
What makes an inaugural address memorable
Evan Axelbank reports
The election was challenged in court. There were objections to the certification of the electoral college. The new president lost the popular vote. As much as those words could be applied to today s America, they can also be said about the fight over the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore.
Bush won Florida s electoral votes, and thus the presidency, by only 537 votes. The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country, were some of the first words of his inaugural address.
Watch President Joe Biden’s inauguration speech