Aug 21, 2024 - Politics & Policy

"The audacity of our hope": Poet Amanda Gorman hits home at DNC

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National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris will formally accept the party's nomination for president at the DNC which runs from August 19-22

Amanda Gorman at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on Aug. 21. Photo: Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images

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