Giovanni rose to prominence during the 1960s as a fierce voice in the Black Arts Movement, alongside literary giants such as ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

A poet. An author. An educator. Those were just some of the words used to describe Nikki Giovanni, by her colleagues, friends ...

I n the last years of her life, Nikki Giovanni felt her memory fading. At the beginning of the 2023 documentary Going to Mars ...

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

Literary legend and retired Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni completed her final chapter on Monday, 9, 2024.

I first encountered Nikki Giovanni, who died on Monday at the age of 81, in the pages of the 1973 edition of the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. It was the ...

After he passing, columnist Preach Jacobs remembers Nikki Giovanni, a poet and outspoken defender of Black culture in America. He recalls when they met in SC.