Please share and follow us: Born, Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. on June 7, 1943, Nikki Giovanni lived her life as an activist ...

A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then ...

In the wake of Nikki Giovanni’s passing on Monday ... and this gave her the confidence to fail; to make an art out of mistakes. “I have a heavy foot,” she told the critic Claudia Tate in 1983, “and ...

Nikki Giovanni, a celebrated author and poet, was laid to rest in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her legacy of empowering Black ...

Earlier this month, we lost a voice that rang for decades with the clarity of truth and the warmth of eternal joy. Nikki ...

Poet, activist and former Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni showed us that poetry could be a path to liberation. Now, it ...

The late poet spent over half a century in the public eye with her unabashed writing, her fiery, funny speeches, and her careful inquiries of other thinkers.

Nikki Giovanni was a legend. Her poetry ... The three-day event at Winfrey’s home celebrated women in art, entertainment and civil rights, including Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, Coretta Scott King, ...

"She was an artist of extraordinary range and courage," Watson said in a statement. "Her words moved mountains and connected us to each other and to our shared humanity." Nikki Giovanni speaks ...

Nikki Giovanni, a poet of rage and revolution as ... applying the political message of Black Power to works of art and literature. At age 24, the day after the assassination of the Rev. Martin ...

In the wake of Nikki Giovanni’s passing on Monday ... and this gave her the confidence to fail; to make an art out of mistakes. “I have a heavy foot,” she told the critic Claudia Tate ...