The iconic figure who spent five decades shaping conversations around Black identity and social justice leaves behind a ...

Iconic American poet, writer, and civil rights icon, Nikki Giovanni has passed away at the age of 81 after a long battle with ...

It was a handwritten note from Nikki Giovanni. The celebrated poet and activist had already invited Jones to speak at Virginia Tech about her debut novel, “Leaving Atlanta.” Jones would later call it ...

These true stories range from a "meow-moir" of a Siberian cat to an exploration of what U.S. presidents do after the White ...

Nikki Giovanni, the groundbreaking poet, author, and professor whose work embodied the spirit of the Black Arts Movement and ...

A key figure of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, the poet and activist is celebrated for her illuminating works ...

Renowned poet, author, and activist Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 after a recent diagnosis of lung cancer. Her legacy will live ...

and took place just hours before news spread that Sanchez’s friend and fellow member of the Black Arts movement, Nikki Giovanni, passed away the same day at 81 years old. “When I [began] Black studies ...

Nikki Giovanni — a poet, author, activist and longtime Virginia Tech professor — was an icon in life whose work with echo for generations.

Nikki Giovanni, a pioneering Black lesbian poet, essayist, and philosopher, died Dec. 9 at 81 after a lung cancer recurrence.

"Jill and I send our love and condolences to her family—including her wife Virginia, her son Thomas, and her granddaughter ...

President Biden honors the late poet Nikki Giovanni, emphasizing her influence as a voice for equality and justice in an official White House statement.