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

“We will forever feel blessed to have shared a legacy and love with our dear cousin ... Below are some Nikki Giovanni poems that will lift your spirits while going through something.

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

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

“I was raised on Nikki Giovanni poems – speaking them out loud to myself, at school, or to anyone who would listen,” Winfrey shared with Knox News in a statement after Giovanni's death on Dec. 9. “She ...

Knoxville-native Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9, but her legacy lives on. From new tributes, a documentary and the work she ...

Giovanni read her poems about love, nostalgia and race to audiences around the world, but she never stopped loving.

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

She wants us to create, celebrate and continue liberation through love and language ... resisting beautifully as she did. Nikki Giovanni showed us that poetry could be a path to liberation.

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 ...

To love. To care. That's what "Mama" Nikki Giovanni meant to Chicago Poet Laureate Avery R ... So, the poet ordered a bouquet and a teddy bear and placed it at the Poetry Foundation in her honor as an ...