But one Chicagoan was lucky enough to honor Giovanni while she was still alive.

Kwame Alexander, Marita Golden and other authors mourn the death of revered poet and civil rights champion Nikki Giovanni.

The poet set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by staying true to her ...

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

For young people trying to find their way in a world marked by uncertainty and precarity, Giovanni offers more than poetic ...

NEW YORK -- Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first ...

Oprah Winfrey, who honored Nikki Giovanni at her famous Legends Ball, shared with Knox News her favorite poem.

The poet, who died Monday, set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by ...

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

Giovanni wrote more than 25 books, including pioneering works like her 1970 debut poetry collection "Black Feeling, Black ...

President Biden released a statement mourning Nikki Giovanni, calling her a “pioneering” poet who “used her pen to advance ...