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Amanda Gorman Delivered An Achingly Moving Poem In Response To BLM Protests Over The Summer - Blavity

Before she mesmerized the nation during the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, poet Amanda Gorman delivered another captivating performance during the summer, sending words of encouragement to protesters of racial injustice . In the poem "Fury and Faith" uploaded to YouTube in August, Gorman encouraged the protesters to keep going despite constant criticism from those who oppose the demonstrations. The poem, performed for the Bach Virtuosi Festival, was said to be a response to the "hopelessness of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protest," according to the video's description. "You will be told that this is not a problem, not your problem," the Los Angeles poet said in her poem. "You will be told that now is not the time for change to begin, told that we cannot win. But the point of protest isn't winning. It's holding fast to the promise of freedom even when fast victory is not promised." The history-making inauguration poet particularly focused on police brutality , a...

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