Trailblazing poet, writer, activist, educator, and icon of the Black arts movement Nikki Giovanni passed away on Monday at the age of 81. Per NPR, Giovanni’s passing came after she was diagnosed ...

Since then, she established herself as a renowned figure of the Black Arts Movement, NPR reported. Nikki Giovanni’s resilience, final works and lasting impact Giovanni was still living her life ...

Nikki Giovanni passed away on Monday ... gaining acclaim in the late 1960s as part of the Black Arts Movement. Her poems share her perspective on the importance of family and her well-established ...

Nikki Giovanni was awarded the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Poetry Society of America on Feb. 26, two months ...

Nikki Giovanni, a celebrated poet ... who described her as a trailblazer in poetry and an influential voice in the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni’s lifelong partner, Virginia Fowler, was by ...

Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and '70s who was dubbed "the Princess of Black Poetry," has died. She was 81.

"The acclaimed poet, Black Arts Movement icon whose poems of wit ... Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. was dubbed Nikki by her older sister in the early days of her ...

On Monday, Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., renowned American ... was established as one of the leading voices in the Black Arts Movement and had become known as “Poet of the Black ...

Nikki Giovanni, a poet of rage and revolution ... Black Poetry,” Ms. Giovanni was first known as a leader of the Black Arts Movement, which emphasized African American empowerment and self ...

Nikki Giovanni, the trailblazing poet ... By the late 1960s, Giovanni emerged as a leading voice of the Black Arts Movement. Her debut poetry collections, Black Feeling, Black Talk and Black ...