Remembering Nikki Giovanni: Renowned poet and leader of Black Arts Movement dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni — a renowned, award-winning poet and a leading voice in the 1960s Black Arts Movement — died in Blacksburg on Monday from lung cancer. She was 81. The works of the retired Virginia Tech professor of 35 years focused on race, gender, politics, joy and love.
Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet and queer Black icon, has died at 81
Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet and Black queer icon, has died at age 81. Giovanni died Monday in a hospital in Blacksburg, Va., her wife, Virginia C. Fowler, told The New York Times. The cause was complications of lung cancer.
President Biden released a statement mourning Nikki Giovanni, calling her a “pioneering” poet who “used her pen to advance ...
For young people trying to find their way in a world marked by uncertainty and precarity, Giovanni offers more than poetic ...
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Knoxville, Tennessee-born and Fisk University educated poet Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9 at the age of 81. She left an indelible legacy.
A leader in the Black Arts movement, and a powerful advocate for Black women writers has passed away after a battle with lung ...
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