Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., one of the most influential Black authors of the 20th century, will soon be buried in ...
Nikki Giovanni did not dream of being a writer, but her writing left an indelible mark on America and the world.
Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved Knoxville native and internationally ... Giovanni's grandparents, Louvenia and John Brown Watson, were educators, and her parents attended Knoxville ...
In the wake of Nikki Giovanni’s passing on Monday, at 81, it will be tempting to idealize her as the elder stateswoman of ...
Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author ... She would travel often between Tennessee and Ohio, bound to her parents and to her maternal grandparents in her "spiritual home" in Knoxville.
FILE - Virginia Tech English Professor, Nikki Giovanni speaks closing remarks ... travel often between Tennessee and Ohio, bound to her parents and to her maternal grandparents in her “spiritual ...
Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved Knoxville ... were educators, and her parents attended Knoxville College, Kesler told Knox News. Giovanni was inspired by her teachers ...