Nikki Giovanni was a one-of-a-kind writing talent who tackled everything from racism to love to life and death in her works.

Author of more than 25 books, she was a born confessor and performer whom fans came to know well from her work, her readings ...

Angelou, a poet and activist, was the first black woman to write and perform a poem at a presidential inauguration. Coins are planned for other pioneering women, including an astronaut ...