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, one of the key figures of the Black Arts Movement, has died at 81. Giovanni was a poet, essayist, children’s book author, activist and professor. Her death in Blacksburg ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Nikki Giovanni, a renowned Knoxville-born writer, educator and activist, has died at the age of 81, according to multiple reports. NPR called Giovanni an icon of the ...

Poet Nikki Giovanni has died at the age of 81 due to complications from lung cancer, reports the New York Times. Born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr., Giovanni was a decorated author with 27 ...

Nikki Giovanni, the legendary poet and leader of the Black Arts Movement, died at 81 on Monday, Dec. 9, in Blacksburg, Va., after a third diagnosis of cancer, according to news reports.

Amid the same Knoxville congregation Nikki Giovanni worshipped with as a child, a crowd of civil rights leaders, classmates, sorority sisters and friends gathered for a memorial tribute to the ...

After learning that Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned Black poet and Black Arts Movement leader, passed away at 81, many naturally responded by sharing and discussing her work. Poems, lectures ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two months after her death, poet Nikki Giovanni has been awarded one of the top honors for her art form, the ...