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

Friends, sorority sisters, high school classmates and admirers filled the pews of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Knoxville, ...

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 ...

activist and educator Nikki Giovanni has died at 81, but the Beck Cultural Exchange Center is dedicated to keeping the Knoxville native’s memory alive for generations to come. “The legacy of ...

Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet ... teaching was about imparting knowledge and awakening consciousness. Her legacy lives on in the countless students who learned from her that poetry could ...

Giovanni’s writings were able to educate and entertain many and will continue to influence future generations, whether they ...

Nikki Giovanni at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg in 2023. The three-hour drive Kwame Alexander had taken countless times from Nikki Giovanni’s home in Christiansburg, Virginia, to Washington ...

"Because (thinking about your legacy) gets you caught up in your ... was a University of Tennessee undergraduate when she first met Nikki Giovanni, the poet who inspired her to become one, herself.