Amanda Gorman speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024, in Chicago. | Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman on Wednesday night graced the stage at the Democratic National Convention by reciting a previously unheard poem that emphasized the official theme for the night, “A Fight for our Freedoms.”
Gorman’s new poem addressed the concept of freedom and what it truly means in...