Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman writes in the New York Times that she considered pulling out from the event for fear of what would happen.
Said Gorman: “I was scared of failing my people, my poetry. But I was also terrified on a physical level.”
She added: “I did know at the inauguration I was going to become highly visible — which is a very dangerous thing to be in America, especially if you’re Black and outspoken and have no Secret Service.”
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