Some of Black culture's most beloved icons in music, film and entertainment have passed away in 2024. Here are just a few ...
Nikki Giovanni, a celebrated author and poet, was laid to rest in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her legacy of empowering Black communities lives on.
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 ...
Antonio Dickey/Getty Images It’s a weird and tragic irony that giants of the Black intellectual, artistic, and cultural ...
When ASU professor Dr. Neal Lester was an undergrad, he got assigned in a poetry class to write a paper interpreting the work ...
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 ...
Her death in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Monday followed her third cancer diagnosis. The Knoxville, Tennessee, native was born ...
Giovanni was a prolific writer, though one of her most popular poems was written early in her career. "Nikki-Rosa" was written ... in Cincinnati cemetery The famous poet will be laid to rest ...
When Giovanni died on Dec. 9 at 81, she had written over 25 books, which include poems exploring love, music and even the ...
When Nikki Giovanni uttered these words in January 2007 ... Southern-bred listening and wordcraft to make a career of writing poems informed by my journalism training, her take-no-prisoners ...
The beloved poet, who died this week at 81, had a rare willingness to be wrong and learn from others.