Nikki Giovanni – the acclaimed poet, activist and intellectual who rose to fame in the 1970s as a star of the Black Arts Movement ‒ always considered Cincinnati her home. "I know I was born in ...

For Knoxville, Cincinnati and far beyond, her loss is profound. Nikki Giovanni passed away on Monday, Dec. 9 following complications in her battle with cancer. She was 81 years old. Giovanni is a ...

"Their home in Cincinnati wasn’t happy because Nikki ... Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and '70s who was dubbed ...

Nikki Giovanni, a renowned poet and proud Knoxville ... Giovanni also grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio Her family moved to a Cincinnati suburb in 1943. She spent her childhood years in the Buckeye ...

The world-renowned poet was born in Knoxville but grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio ... we'll still be talking about our beloved daughter Nikki Giovanni." Giovanni wrote in her online biography that ...

Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. — called Nikki by her older sister — was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943. She was raised in Cincinnati and in the predominantly Black, middle-class ...

Nikki Giovanni, the legendary poet and leader of ... in 1943 and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She spent many years in New York and Virginia, where she taught English at Virginia Tech for decades.

Nikki Giovanni -the bold, beloved, indelible poet, activist, author, and professor- died at age 81 on Monday (Dec. 9) in a Virginia hospital due to complications caused by lung cancer, according ...

Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet, author, professor and activist, died Monday following a third cancer diagnosis. She was 81. Renée Watson, a fellow writer and friend of Giovanni, confirmed her ...

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FILE - Virginia Tech English Professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, speaks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Two months after her death, poet Nikki Giovanni has been awarded one of the top honors for her art form, the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement. The Poetry Society of ...