Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved Knoxville native and internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died Dec. 9 in Blacksburg, Virginia. Giovanni, 81, held many titles.

Nikki Giovanni, a poet of rage and revolution as well as love and longing, who emerged as a fiery voice of Black liberation in the 1960s before honing a more tender, meditative style in best ...

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., the internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 81. Giovanni was a prolific writer, activist, educator ...

Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went on to become a literary celebrity, has died. She was 81. Author of more than 25 books, Giovanni was a famed performer who ...

Nikki Giovanni has died at the age of 81. Giovanni was a poet, author, educator and public speaker who became a literary celebrity. She was the author of more than 25 books and served as a faculty ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt and ...