For young people trying to find their way in a world marked by uncertainty and precarity, Giovanni offers more than poetic ...

President Biden released a statement mourning Nikki Giovanni, calling her a “pioneering” poet who “used her pen to advance ...

Knoxville, Tennessee-born and Fisk University educated poet Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9 at the age of 81. She left an ...

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

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

A key figure of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, the poet and activist is celebrated for her illuminating works ...

A leader in the Black Arts movement, and a powerful advocate for Black women writers has passed away after a battle with lung ...

Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni passed away on December 9. Her creative force shaped the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. | ...

Nikki Giovanni — a poet, author, activist and longtime Virginia Tech professor — was an icon in life whose work with echo for generations.

Family, friends, colleagues and millions of fans are mourning the loss of Nikki Giovanni. The acclaimed poet, Civil Rights activist and educator died after battling cancer for the third time.

"Jill and I send our love and condolences to her family—including her wife Virginia, her son Thomas, and her granddaughter ...

Giovanni, originally named Yolanda Cornelia Giovanni Jr., was born on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tennessee. She died ...