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Inauguration News: Black Boy, 10, Reporting on History

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Damon Weaver is one of hundreds of reporters headed to Washington, D.C., to cover the inauguration, except he’s probably the only one who has a bed time. The 10-year-old captured the nation’s attention when he interviewed Vice-President-elect Joe Biden during the election as a reporter for his South Florida Elementary School. Now he’s preparing to report from the inauguration, according to CBS.com. After the initial disappointment of being denied a press pass last year, the inaugural organizers relented and have sent him credentials.-—CJ