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"The Hill We Climb" is a spoken word poem written by American poet Amanda Gorman and recited by her at the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2021. The poem was written in the weeks following the 2020 United States presidential election , with significant passages written on the night of January 6, 2021, in response ...
Read the full transcript of Amanda Korman's original poem, "The Hill We Climb," read at President Joe Biden's inauguration.
Wade and abortion rights in a poem posted on Twitter on June 24, 2022, which includes the line, "We will not let Roe v. Wade slowly fade." [83] Access to "The Hill We Climb" was restricted at the Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, Florida, in 2023 based on a filed complaint. In response, Gorman wrote: "Robbing children of the chance to ...
Amanda Gorman, 22, became the youngest poet to participate in a presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, at the inaugural ceremony for Joe Biden.
The inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, performing at the Library of Congress. [1]National Youth Poet Laureate is a title held in the United States by a young person who demonstrates skill in the arts, particularly poetry and/or spoken word, is a strong leader, is committed to social justice, and is active in civic discourse and advocacy.
Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history at age 22 when she performed "The Hill We Climb" — a spoken-word poem about the pursuit of justice in America — at President Joe Biden ...
After the inaugural address (see below), Garth Brooks performed "Amazing Grace" (including the verse "When we've been there ten thousand years"), and asked the public to join him in singing the final verse; and National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recited her poem "The Hill We Climb".
A Florida school has banned its elementary students from reading Amanda Gorman’s poem, “The Hills We Climb,” which she read at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. UPDATE: Thanks to this ...