Nikki Giovanni taught me how to make words paint ... a creative writing professor and a co-founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, an organization that honors Black writers.

“The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni,” published the same month. (AFRO file photos) Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities from the media company who has been doing ...

Nikki Giovanni, a celebrated author and poet, was laid to rest in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her legacy of empowering Black communities lives on.

Nikki Giovanni, the iconic poet whose words gave voice to the voiceless during the civil rights movement and beyond, has died ...

Nikki Giovanni, a renowned poet ... Since no one wanted to publish me I formed a company and published myself.” Giovanni released over 30 books, including her 1971 autobiography Gemini, as ...

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker has died at age 81. The pal of Oprah Winfrey who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary ...

The poet Nikki Giovanni at Philharmonic Hall in New York ... poetry,” she wrote in “Gemini,” so “I formed a company and published myself.” To mollify the church ladies she had grown ...

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 speaks during the 61st New York Film Festival – Deep Focus at Elinor Bunin Munroe film center on Oct. 1, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for FLC ...

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