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ON THIS DAY : AUGUST 11 1973 : HIP HOP WAS BORN #DJKOOLHERC

Introducing Simone Biles’s exclusive digital cover for our August issue: http://vogue.cm/jM1WQCt.

With the 2020 Olympics postponed and a shadow hung over American gymnastics, Biles–who is widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time—has had to be resilient as never before.

When Biles was first photographed in February and interviewed in March for this cover story, America was also a different place. Since then, the coronavirus pandemic has upended regular patterns of life and #BlackLivesMatter protests have occurred from coast to coast. “We need justice for the Black community. With the peaceful protests it’s the start of change, but it’s sad that it took all of this for people to listen,” Biles said. “Racism and injustice have existed for years with the Black community.”