Amanda Gorman: Meet The First African-American Youth Poet Laureate

The TODAY show interviews then-19-year-old Amanda Gorman, the first-ever Youth Poet Laureate in the U.S.

The lesson “Resilience in Verse and Rhyme” celebrates three influential black women — Maya Angelou, Rapsody and Amanda Gorman.

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