These ten poems encapsulate Nikki Giovanni’s wisdom, wit, and unyielding spirit. Each piece offers a unique perspective on ...

Giovanni was a one-of-a-kind writing talent who tackled everything from racism to love to life and death in her works. An a uthor of more than 25 books, Giovanni was a natural-born writer and ...

Nikki Giovanni was a legend ... “She helped me to love poetry and myself. She’s always been an empowering legend and now forever more,” Winfrey continued. Giovanni was among 25 Black ...

There was no one like Nikki Giovanni. The Black poet, writer and educator, who was born in Knoxville and died Dec. 9 at 81, ...

Nikki Giovanni, born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr., passed away on December 9, 2024, at the age of 81. Her journey was a testament to the transformative power of words, art, and love, and her ...

To support. To love. To care. That's what "Mama" Nikki Giovanni meant to Chicago Poet Laureate Avery R. Young. Colleagues through the arts community, Young revered Giovanni's work and shared a few ...

Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and ‘70s who was dubbed “the Princess of Black Poetry,” has died. She was 81.

Nikki Giovanni, poet and Knoxville native, through the years Nikki Giovanni, poet and proud Knoxvillian, dies at 81 Oprah Winfrey remembers Nikki Giovanni: ‘She helped me to love poetry and ...