There was no one like Nikki Giovanni. The Black poet ... Across decades of work and activism, Giovanni continued returning to the neighborhood where she spent summers in Knoxville, a neighborhood ...

Nikki Giovanni – the acclaimed poet ... Everyday encounters like that informed Giovanni's work for the rest of her life. She became a writer, she said, because she wasn't good at anything ...

Nikki Giovanni’s work has always touched me with a lot of joy and it reminded me to see things with imagination.” The AFRO spoke with many artists in the days following Giovanni’s Dec. 9 death.

Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet ... I remember how Giovanni’s work exemplified what James Baldwin called “the artist’s struggle for integrity.” As a leading voice in the Black Arts ...

Saxophonist/Composer Javon Jackson And Poet Nikki Giovanni Nominated For NAACP Image Award In 'Outstanding Jazz Album' ...

The Knox museum is working to honor Giovanni's inspirational work. 29 House Republicans want Trump to scrap the IRS's free direct tax filing tool on day one of his presidency At age 21 ...

Giovanni was a National Book Award finalist in 1973 for a prose work about her life, "Gemini." She also received a Grammy nomination for the spoken word album "The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection." ...

The statement did not say how Giovanni died. Poet and professor Nikki Giovanni's fiery work often addressed race and gender. - Kris Connor/Getty Images Known for her work on civil rights and social ...

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized poet ... gaining notoriety in the late 1960s as part of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni's work touched on civil rights, the ...