It's easy to feel lost in a nation that has lost its bearings. But Nikki Giovanni's life and works will comfort us as we ...

During the Black Arts Movement, an explosion of art by artists during the Civil Rights Movement delving into the Black experience, Giovanni wrote poems including “Nikki-Rosa": "I really hope no ...

Zion, opened the service with reflections ... that Nikki kept the vision alive. She never lost that. May God bless her memory and may we all live up to the words she spoke,” he said. The service ...

Giovanni was a prolific writer, though one of her most popular poems was written early in her career. "Nikki-Rosa" was written in 1968, touching upon Giovanni's fear that others misinterpret poverty ...

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., one of ... 1960s as part of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni wrote more than two dozen bestselling poetry collections and children's books during her ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet ... The Moon in Pisces enhances emotional depth and reflection, making it easier to approach... In poetry, prose and the spoken word, she told her ...

Poetry collections such ... She was born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was soon called “Nikki” by her older sister. She was 4 when her family moved to Ohio and ...