L.A.’s Amanda Gorman was the ‘WriteGirl’ to Commemorate the Inauguration (Poem Transcript)

January 1, 2021 /

California News Times, 1/20 – Amanda Gorman made history as the youngest poet to perform at a presidential inauguration yesterday. Gorman was raised in Los Angeles and participated in WriteGirl programming as a teenager.

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