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The young woman and the word

2021-01-22T13:16:28.511Z

In every way, it will be a very different presidency for women too Amanda Gorman recites her poem at the inauguration of President BidenEuropa Press / Europa Press "We are the heirs of a country and a time in which a skinny black girl, descended from slaves and raised by a single mother, can dream of being president and reciting a poem before the person who occupies that position." The young woman and the word. In an atypical ceremony, sober and full of containe

Amanda Gorman recites her poem at the inauguration of President BidenEuropa Press / Europa Press

"We are the heirs of a country and a time in which a skinny black girl, descended from slaves and raised by a single mother, can dream of being president and reciting a poem before the person who occupies that position."

The young woman and the word.

In an atypical ceremony, sober and full of contained emotion, the force of the verses and the declamation of Amanda Gorman gathered all the essence of the American spirit: the equal ...

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