Nikki Giovanni did not dream of being a writer, but her writing left an indelible mark on America and the world.

Nikki Giovanni around 1968.Credit ... when Mademoiselle magazine named her its woman of the year. Giovanni and her son, Thomas, at a soul picnic the Rev. Jesse Jackson organized in 1972 to ...

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

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally ... fellow writer and professor Virginia "Ginney" Fowler, and son, Thomas Giovanni. "We will forever feel blessed to have shared a ...

Nikki Giovanni, one of the key figures of the ... In 1969, she gave birth to a son named Thomas but did not reveal the father publicly or marry, acts of defiance during that period.