Nikki Giovanni, a Knoxville-born poet who sharpened ... She earned 31 honorary doctorates and published more than 30 books, including 13 children's books and 20 poetry collections.

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

A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then ...

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

“Nikki Giovanni had some good times in Knoxville ... she had all that beautiful poetry and it’s just beautiful but at the end ...

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

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

Nikki Giovanni, a poet of rage and revolution as ... meditative style in best-selling books for children and adults, died Dec. 9 at a hospital in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 81.

Renowned poet, activist, author and professor Nikki Giovanni has died. She was 81. “The acclaimed poet, Black Arts Movement icon whose poems of wit, wonder, and wisdom were celebrated in children’s ...