During her time in Germany, she was attached to the Entertainment Showcase, where she performed for NATO military and ...

Earlier this month, we lost a voice that rang for decades with the clarity of truth and the warmth of eternal joy. Nikki ...

F. Willis Johnson Earlier this month, we lost a voice that rang for decades with the clarity of truth and the warmth of eternal joy. Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet, professor and icon of the Black ...

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 ...

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.

A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then ...

The beloved poet, who died this week at 81, had a rare willingness to be wrong and learn from others.

Her best known work came early in her career; the 1968 poem “Nikki-Rosa.” It was a declaration of her right to define herself, a warning to others (including obituary writers) against telling ...