Please share and follow us: Born, Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. on June 7, 1943, Nikki Giovanni lived her life as an activist ...

I read about the death of legendary poet and educator Nikki Giovanni while searching for something on the Internet. What a ...

Knoxville-native Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9, but her legacy lives on. From new tributes, a documentary and the work she ...

When Nikki Giovanni uttered these words in January 2007 at the end of a two-hour interview, she shifted my life’s focus from ...

Nikki Giovanni, the iconic poet whose words gave voice to the voiceless during the civil rights movement and beyond, has died ...

Antonio Dickey/Getty Images It’s a weird and tragic irony that giants of the Black intellectual, artistic, and cultural ...

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 ...

When Giovanni died on Dec. 9 at 81, she had written over 25 books, which include poems exploring love, music and even the ...

Friends, family and colleagues gathered at McCoy Funeral Home for a visitation for Nikki Giovanni; former professor at ...

To support. To love. To care. That's what "Mama" Nikki Giovanni meant to Chicago Poet Laureate Avery R. Young. Colleagues through the arts community, Young revered Giovanni's work and shared a few ...

When Nikki Giovanni uttered these words in January 2007 at the end of a two-hour interview, she shifted my life’s focus from covering the news to making art with it. Her matter-of-fact ...