Giovanni was married to Virginia Fowler ... A documentary film titled Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project was made to honor Giovanni's life and was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

She also received a Grammy nomination for the spoken word album The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. Giovanni had a son, Thomas Watson Giovanni, in 1969. She never married the father, because ...

Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during ... She told Ebony magazine that she didn't want to get married and "could afford not to get married." ...

Nikki Giovanni -the bold, beloved ... I wanted to have a baby and I could afford to have a baby. I didn't get married because I didn't want to get married and I could afford to not get married." ...

Nikki Giovanni, a poet of rage and revolution as ... but her “bench,” the person who had her back. They eventually married, according to the statement. In addition to Fowler, survivors include ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet ... in 1969. She never married the father, because, she told Ebony magazine, "I didn’t want to get married, and I could afford not to get married." ...