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  2. Nikki Giovanni - Wikipedia

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    Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. [1] [2] (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's best-known African-American poets, [2] her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.

  3. Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, the 'Princess of Black ...

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    Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. ... She told Ebony magazine that she didn't want to get married and "could afford not to get married." In her ...

  4. Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81

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    Giovanni was a National Book Award finalist in 1973 for a prose work about her life, "Gemini." She also received a Grammy nomination for the spoken word album "The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection." In January 2009, at the request of NPR, she wrote a poem about the incoming president, Barack Obama: "I'll walk the streets. And knock on doors

  5. 'You aren't dead until you're forgotten': Nikki Giovanni's ...

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    Nikki Giovanni created a legacy. I didn't want Mulvaney Street in Knoxville to be dead." 'You aren't dead until you're forgotten': Nikki Giovanni's retirement plan, new books and dreams of space

  6. Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project - Wikipedia

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    Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is a 2023 documentary film directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. It explores the life and career of American poet Nikki Giovanni . It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, and was released in a limited release on November 3 by HBO Documentary Films prior to ...

  7. 1943 in poetry - Wikipedia

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    June 7 – Nikki Giovanni (died 2024), African American poet, activist and author; July 21 – Tess Gallagher, American poet, essayist, novelist and playwright; July 22 – Hadi Khorsandi, Iranian poet and satirist; August 14 – Alfred Corn, American poet and essayist

  8. 'When we were strong and determined'; poet Nikki Giovanni to ...

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    Poet Nikki Giovanni performs at the Big Ears Festival on Saturday, March 26, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Mill & Mine, 227 W. Depot Ave., Knoxville.

  9. Dudley Randall - Wikipedia

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    Randall in 1972. Dudley Randall (January 14, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an African-American poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. [1] He founded a pioneering publishing company called Broadside Press in 1965, which published many leading African-American writers, among them Melvin Tolson, Sonia Sanchez, [2] Audre Lorde, Gwendolyn Brooks, [2] Etheridge Knight, Margaret Walker, and ...