Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved Knoxville native and internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died ...

From former Knoxville mayors to inspired writers, many people treasured the time they spent with acclaimed poet Nikki ...

Giovanni read her poems about love, nostalgia and race to audiences around the world, but she never stopped loving.

Giovanni was renowned for her literary career and will serve as an inspiration for generations of Fisk University students to ...

Nikki Giovanni did not dream of being a writer, but her writing left an indelible mark on America and the world.

A plaque honoring Giovanni is located at the Cal Johnson Recreation Center, just across from where her grandparents lived.

Nikki Giovanni died this week, at the age of eighty-one, as that rarest of things: a best-selling poet. Her work burst onto ...

President Joe Biden eulogized Nikki Giovanni in an official White House statement on Wednesday, hailing the late poet as a ...

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

Nikki Giovanni, a renowned Knoxville-born writer, educator and activist, has died at the age of 81, according to multiple reports.

"She was a Trailblazer. No question about that. And the mere fact that she was born and spent many of her formative years here, shows the legacy of what Knoxville has produced. She's someone that ...

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