Oprah Winfrey remembers Nikki Giovanni: ‘She helped me to love poetry and myself’
Oprah Winfrey, who honored Nikki Giovanni at her famous Legends Ball, shared with Knox News her favorite poem.
Nikki Giovanni’s Legacy of Black Love
Nikki Giovanni died this week, at the age of eighty-one, as that rarest of things: a best-selling poet. Her work burst onto the scene in the nineteen-sixties already fully formed—it was concerned, as much of the Black Arts poetry of the day was,
Nikki Giovanni’s Wondrous Celebrations of Black Life
I n the last years of her life, Nikki Giovanni felt her memory fading. At the beginning of the 2023 documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, she offered an inventive
Nikki Giovanni, prolific poet and civil rights activist, dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni did not dream of being a writer, but her writing left an indelible mark on America and the world.
Nikki Giovanni, Renowned Poet and Activist, Dies at 81
Giovanni wrote more than 25 books, including pioneering works like her 1970 debut poetry collection "Black Feeling, Black Talk."
From Oprah invites to a Grammy nod, Nikki Giovanni is remembered as a prolific poet
A champion of the Black Power movement, Nikki Giovanni, who passed away Dec. 9, was a writer, poet, and educator. “To love her is to love contradiction and conflict. To know her is to never understand but to be sure that all is life,
Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, the 'Princess of Black Poetry,' dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us.'
Nikki Giovanni, Poet And Literary Celebrity, Dead At 81
Giovanni died with her lifelong partner, Virginia “Ginney” Fowler, by her side, her friend Renée Watson said in a statement.
Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, dies at age 81
Nikki Giovanni, a renowned poet, author, educator and public speaker, was the subject of the award-winning documentary "Going to Mars."
What We Owe Nikki Giovanni
OnMonday,literary giant Nikki Giovanni died at 81. Shortly after the news of her passing became public, there was a palpable ...
TN-born Nikki Giovanni never lost the urge to travel to Mars or survive on Earth | Opinion
Knoxville, Tennessee-born and Fisk University educated poet Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9 at the age of 81. She left an ...
An appreciation: When Nikki Giovanni was young, brilliant and unafraid
The poet, who died Monday, set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by ...
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Civil rights leaders, members of local arts community react to death of Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet and activist
Renowned poet, author, and activist Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 after a recent diagnosis of lung cancer. Her legacy will live ...
What Nikki Giovanni Taught Us About Resistance, Community, and Collective Liberation
For young people trying to find their way in a world marked by uncertainty and precarity, Giovanni offers more than poetic ...
Nikki Giovanni: A Life in Pictures
Nikki Giovanni, the Black Arts poet who died on Monday at the age of 81, catapulted to fame in her 20s and remained a ...
Nikki Giovanni's legacy: From Tupac Shakur tattoo to her secret for a long life, what you may not have known about Knoxville poet
You know Nikki Giovanni's poems and the power of her words. Here are some facts you might not know about the poet and author ...