Amanda Gorman is the American poet, descended from slaves and raised by a single mother, as she describes herself, who read her poem at Biden’s inauguration in January 2021. A message of hope, looking back at where humans come from and forward to where they can go. The best is just to listen to this poem. Magnificent.
“That even as we grieved, we grew,
That even as we hurt, we hoped,
That even as we tired, we tried.
That we’ll forever be tied together. Victorious,
Not because we will never again know defeat,
But because we will never again sow division.”