On Nikki Giovanni & Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy - Poetry Foundation
Apr 9, 2018 · By titling “Reflections” with a date instead of naming King’s death, Giovanni anticipates how “April 4, 1968” will become synonymous with that world-historical loss.
A POET’S WRATH `COULD KILL’ - Hartford Courant
Apr 10, 2003 · In “Reflections on April 4, 1968,” Nikki Giovanni asks, “what can I, a poor Black woman do to destroy america?” Giovanni wrote her poem in the aftermath of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ...
Nikki Giovanni: 'Martin Had Faith in the People'
Apr 5, 2018 · Yet the poem, called “Reflections on April 4, 1968” (its title alone suggesting cool meditation rather than impassioned response), now appears to offer a surprisingly durable theory of...
Lyrics.lol :: Reflections on April 4, 1968 by Nikki Giovanni
What can I, a poor Black woman, do to destroy america? This. Black heart. There is one answer -- I can kill. compromise -- I can protect those who kill. There is one cop- out -- I can encourage others to kill. There are no other ways. The assassination of Martin Luther King is an act of war. war on Black people. He is not making any distinction.
The Atlantic - 24-year-old Nikki Giovanni wrote her poem.
Apr 5, 2018 · 24-year-old Nikki Giovanni wrote her poem ‘Reflections on April 4, 1968’ the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. Now 74, Giovanni has remained both a true renegade and a steadfast, beloved poet of the people.
How Nikki Giovanni’s “Love Poems” made me want to love
Jan 2, 2021 · In one of Giovanni’s early poems, “Reflections on April 4, 1968,” marking the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, she wrote: “What can I, a poor Black woman, do to destroy america? This / is a question, with appropriate variations, …
Nikki Giovanni’s poetry was a platform for truth-telling
Dec 11, 2024 · After the assassination of Martin Luther King, her poem Reflections on 4 April 1968 asked: Giovanni was African American from the peel to the core, but she reminded me of my Jamaican mother and the resilient women of her church who spoke simply, with gravitas.
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Reflections on April 4 ...
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Reflections on April 4, 1968 by Nikki Giovanni - SoundCloud
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The collected poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 - Richland …
When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement, in the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni immediately took her place among the most celebrated, controversial and influential poets of the era. Now, more than thirty years later, Giovanni still stands as one of the most commanding, luminous voices to grace America's political and poetic landscape.