Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved Knoxville ... were educators, and her parents attended Knoxville College, Kesler told Knox News. Giovanni was inspired by her teachers ...
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Giovanni rose to prominence during the Black Arts Movement, highlighting Black resilience and tragedies like Emmett Till’s lynching, MLK's assassination, and the 1963 Birmingham church bombing.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., one of the most influential ... Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to her parents, Yolande Cornelia Sr. and Jones "Gus" Giovanni on June 7 ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet ... She would travel often between Tennessee and Ohio, bound to her parents and to her maternal grandparents in her “spiritual home” in Knoxville.