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According to officials in Washington DC, around 5,000 National Guard troops will remain stationed in the capitol until at least mid-March due to a QAnon conspiracy theory. The latest conspiracy theory says that Trump will be sworn into office on March 4th. Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee gave a statement […]
After captivating the nation with her poetry at the inauguration, Amanda Gorman won the hearts and minds of Super Bowl Fans as she delivered a beautiful performance before the start of the game last night. Her original poem honored three pandemic heroes: James Martin, a marine veteran, Suzie Dorner, a nurse and Trimaine Davis, a […]
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman has become a best selling author after her incredible performance at the inauguration. The 22 year-old Harvard Grad’s poetry books have become best sellers on Amazon, months before they’re even available. Only hours after she read her original poem, “The Hill We Climb,” on Inauguration Day, Gorman tweeted: “I […]
Normally when I hear “This Land is Your Land” by folk singer Woody Guthrie, I am a bit enraged. Thinking about when the lyrics were written in 1940, I know that Guthrie was not talking about Native Americans, Blacks or Latinos when he sings “this land was made for you and me”. But the song […]
The Madam Vice President Elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in today by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Harris has chosen to be sworn in using two bibles: the first belonged to her childhood neighbor who was like her second mother. The second bible belonged to the late civil rights […]
An award winning Black female writer will become the youngest inaugural poet when she recites her work at president Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, January 20. Amanda Gorman, 22, has been breaking down barriers all her life. In 2014, she became the first Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angles. After that she was named the […]
The oldest historically black liberal arts college in Alabama has many people upset.
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