Nikki Giovanni American poet

Nikki Giovanni is an American poet, writer, and activist. She is also an educator and activist. Her poetry focuses on racial, environmental, and sexual issues. Her work has been widely published and has been translated into many languages. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Her work has been featured on the New York Times, Huffington Post, and other publications.

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr.
Nikki Giovanni is an American poet, writer, activist, and educator. Her poetry addresses issues pertaining to social justice. Her poems also address the role of women in society. She has won numerous awards for her work, and her poetry is widely read. Her work has been translated into numerous languages.

Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943. She was the second child of Jones and Yolande Giovanni. She was the second of two daughters born to this couple. She was nicknamed "Nikki" by her sister, Gary Ann. After graduating from high school, she went on to attend Fisk University. Later, she taught at Rutgers University's Livingston College. She also taught at Ohio State and Queens College.

Giovanni's mother, Yolande Cornelia Watson, was a social activist who desegregated a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Giovanni attended. The school eventually apologized, but the death of Emmett Till caused Giovanni to walk out of school.

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Sr.
The poet, commentator, and activist Yolande Cornelia "Nikki", Jr. was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She attended Austin High School and then went on to attend Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. After graduating from Fisk, she taught at Queens College in New York City and Ohio State University.

Giovanni's work explores racial issues, African American pride, and respect for family. Her first poetry volumes were published in response to the assassinations of prominent African American leaders. She has won numerous awards and been awarded a key to more than a dozen cities. She also served on the Robert F. Kennedy Book Awards Advisory Committee and has received the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award.

Giovanni's literary career has produced a variety of books that have become popular. In addition to her poetry, she has published children's books. One of these books is Rosa, a biography of Rosa Parks. Giovanni has also written poems about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.

Jones Giovanni
Originally from Long-Haired Hare, Italian American actor Giovanni Jones first appeared on the screen in 1996. After completing his formal education, he relocated to Los Angeles where his acting career blossomed. He has since had various roles in films and television shows, including the Nickelodeon game show Brain Surge and the critically acclaimed documentary, Web of Lies. His next project is an upcoming Indie drama, Pastor's Kid.

Giovanni was an active participant in the Civil Rights Movement. At the age of twenty-three, she was awarded an honorary degree by Wilberforce University, the oldest historically Black college in the United States. In 1972, she traveled to Sub-Saharan Africa on a lecture tour sponsored by the Department of State's United States Information Agency.

Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles
Nikki Giovanni is a celebrated poet and activist, with over two dozen books to her credit. In addition to her poetry, Giovanni also writes a collection of adult prose, Racism 101, which was nominated for a National Book Award in 1971. Her essays about race and education, as well as her commentary on Spike Lee, add to the debate over American national values.

Make a Wish
Nikki Giovanni's poetry has been hailed as inspiring, insightful, and thought-provoking. Her poems speak to injustices in our society and illuminate the innermost parts of our hearts. For more than three decades, she has inspired readers and been hailed as a healer and sage. Now, with her deeply moving new book, Make a Wish for Nicki Giovanni, she continues to inspire and call attention to social injustices while giving her listeners an unfiltered look at the most private parts of her life.

Giovanni is an American poet and author. She was born in 1943 and began publishing poetry during the Civil Rights Movement. Her poems and essays inspired African American unity and progressive action. Giovanni's grandmother died in 1968, and she gave birth to her only child in 1969. Later, she published six children's books and was named the "Princess of Black Poetry."