A poet. An author. An educator. Those were just some of the words used to describe Nikki Giovanni, by her colleagues, friends ...

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

I n the last years of her life, Nikki Giovanni felt her memory fading. At the beginning of the 2023 documentary Going to Mars ...

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

Literary legend and retired Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni completed her final chapter on Monday, 9, 2024.

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

The iconic figure who spent five decades shaping conversations around Black identity and social justice leaves behind a ...

Nikki Giovanni, the legendary poet and leader of the Black Arts Movement, died at 81 on Monday, Dec. 9, in Blacksburg, Va., after a third diagnosis of cancer, according to news reports. Her longtime ...

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

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

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Nikki Giovanni, the groundbreaking poet, author, and professor whose work embodied the spirit of the Black Arts Movement ...

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 ...