Back in 2017, I had the rare opportunity to interview the legendary Dr. Nikki Giovanni here at Salon, where we had a transformative exchange that changed me. On Monday, she passed at 81.

Nikki Giovanni's high school classmates, sorority sisters and fellow civil rights activists gathered at her childhood church ...

(WWBT) - As the nation continues to grieve the loss of poet, author and educator Nikki Giovanni ... media about Giovanni and her contributions to the literacy world. Dr. Pamela D.

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

Dr. Pamela Reed still remembers the first day she met Nikki Giovanni. Reed, now a professor and director of the James Arthur Baldwin Afrocologic Institute at Virginia State University, had just joined ...

Nikki Giovanni, the trailblazing poet, activist, author and professor whose words redefined Black literature and culture, passed away on Monday, December 9. She was 81 years old. Giovanni died ...

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 81. Giovanni was a prolific writer, activist, educator ...

Giovanni wrote more than 25 books, including pioneering works like her 1970 debut poetry collection "Black Feeling, Black Talk." ...

“Even a Nikki Giovanni or a Dr. Trudier Harris (another Wintergreen participant), icons and flames, need pilot lights. ... Every great writer and culture worker needs a space where they’re ...

The news of Nikki Giovanni’s death has left fans and literary enthusiasts in shock. Known as a celebrated poet and activist who championed Black Joy, Giovanni’s life and legacy inspired millions.

RENOWNED POET, ACTIVIST, AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR NIKKI GIOVANNI HAS DIED. FRIEND AND FELLOW WRITER REN?E WATSON ANNOUNCED THAT GIOVANNI DIED PEACEFULLY MONDAY WITH HER LIFE-LONG PARTNER, VIRGINIA FOWLER, ...