News Center 7 continues to highlight Black History Month ... his inspirations is poet and activist Nikki Giovanni. He took a chance by sending her his poems, leading to a decades-long connection.

April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and power of poetry. This monthlong celebration, established ...

On Monday, Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni ... with her B.A. in history in 1967. By the late 1960s, Giovanni was established as one of the leading voices in the Black Arts Movement and ...

There was no one like Nikki Giovanni. The Black poet, writer and educator, who was born in Knoxville and died Dec. 9 at 81, understood intimately that poetry was a spoken form of art as well as a ...

Amid the same Knoxville congregation Nikki ... Giovanni was an unsparing teller of hard truths. Known for her unmistakable poetry on race, love and justice, Giovanni came to prominence during the ...

Nikki Giovanni ... and graduated with honors in history in 1967. By the late 1960s, Giovanni emerged as a leading voice of the Black Arts Movement. Her debut poetry collections, Black Feeling ...

Nikki Giovanni — a renowned ... joy and love. In dozens of poetry collections, she wrote about Black liberation and celebrated Black America in children's books, nonfiction books and spoken ...