Amanda Gorman: Inauguration poet studied Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr ahead of reading
(WorldNews Politics)

The youngest inaugural poet in US history said she was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr and Britain`s former prime minister, the late Winston Churchill, as she read “The Hill We Climb”. Amanda Gorman followed in the footsteps of some of the greatest American wordsmiths, including writer and activist Maya Angelou, who delivered “On the pulse of the morning” for President Clinton in 1993, Richard Blanco who called for “One Today” in 2009 for President Obama, and Robert Frost, the first...