Article 5V9FD Poet Amanda Gorman Feared for Her Life Upon Performing at the Inauguration

Poet Amanda Gorman Feared for Her Life Upon Performing at the Inauguration

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Kalyn Womack
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Poet and activist Amanda Gorman wrote in a New York Times op-ed that she nearly declined reciting her poem The Hill We Climb" at the presidential inauguration out of fear for her life. CNN reported she felt herself and her family would be targeted by the white supremacist mob who had previously rioted the Capitol...

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