On Dec.19, friends, family, fans and community members gathered at Spring Grove Cemetery to say their final goodbyes to Nikki Giovanni. The public graveside ceremony took place in her hometown of ...

Nikki Giovanni – the acclaimed poet, activist and intellectual who rose to fame in the 1970s as a star of the Black Arts Movement ‒ always considered Cincinnati her home. "I know I was born in ...

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., one of the most influential Black authors of the 20th century, will soon be buried in Cincinnati. A public graveside burial service for Giovanni, an ...

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized ... Soon after her birth, Giovanni's family moved to Cincinnati and then to Wyoming before Giovanni returned to Knoxville ...

Renowned poet, activist, author and professor Nikki Giovanni was laid to rest Thursday at Spring Grove Cemetery.Giovanni, a Cincinnati native, was known for her work on civil rights and social ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet ... settled in the Black community of Lincoln Heights, outside of Cincinnati. She would travel often between Tennessee and Ohio, bound to her parents ...

2024 – Nikki Giovanni Day. Giovanni was born in Knoxville in 1943 and held a special place for the city in her heart and writing. Though she grew up largely in Cincinnati and spent most of her ...

Acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni will be laid to rest in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery. The author was born in Knoxville, Tenn., but grew up in Lincoln Heights. She died Dec. 9 at age 81. A public ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet ... eventually settled in the Black community of Lincoln Heights, outside Cincinnati. She would travel often between Tennessee and Ohio, bound to ...

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized poet and ... Soon after her birth, Giovanni's family moved to Cincinnati and then to Wyoming before Giovanni returned to Knoxville ...