Rosa Parks, Diana Ross and Tina Turner. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. “As a young girl I used to perform Nikki Giovanni recitals in Baptist churches all over Nashville. My ...

The Black poet, writer and educator ... while I was quite happy," she wrote in the closing lines of her poem "Nikki-Rosa." Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Her poem "Nikki-Rosa," first published in 1968, resonated deeply with readers, offering a poignant reflection on her childhood in Ohio and Tennessee. In the poem she famously asserted "Black love ...

Giovanni wrote about her upbringing, talking frankly about what it was like, in her poem “Nikki-Rosa” — “childhood remembrances are always a drag / if you’re Black ... I really hope no ...

the author of satisfying epigrams such as “Black love is Black wealth” (from her early autobiographical poem “Nikki-Rosa”). There was indeed much to admire, both in her work and her public persona.

Giovanni, whose most famous poems included "Knoxville, Tennessee" and "Nikki-Rosa," died following her third cancer diagnosis, fellow writer Renee Watson said in a statement shared with AFP.

Her poems share her perspective on the importance ... that / all the while I was quite happy," Giovanni wrote in "Nikki-Rosa." Other popular works by Giovanni include "Ego Tripping" and "Legacies." ...

Nikki Giovanni, one of the most celebrated poets in the United States, has died of cancer at the age of 81. Giovanni was dubbed the “Princess of Black Poetry” after she published her first ...