Legendary poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni got her start while a youngster in Cincinnati's suburbs. 'I am a ...

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

Fresh off the heels of their recent Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for their three-part spoken world ...

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 ...

Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet and Black queer icon, has died at age 81. Giovanni died Monday in a hospital in Blacksburg, ...

Blossoms will / run away, / Cakes reign / but a Day, / But Memory, / like Melody / Is pink, / Eternally”  — Emily Dickinson ...

Nikki Giovanni, a fierce and lyrical voice of the Black experience, has died. Giovanni's work illuminated love, liberation ...

A plaque honoring Giovanni is located at the Cal Johnson Recreation Center, just across from where her grandparents lived.

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to ...

She was 4 when her family moved to Ohio and eventually settled in the Black community of Lincoln Heights, outside Cincinnati.

Her largest project-in terms of scale- can be found on the side of Café Lulu in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood. But her list of accomplishments goes far beyond.Wennlund paints, c ...