Tag: Nikki Giovanni

US poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni passed away on Monday, December 9, 2024. Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr was born in Knoxville, Tennessee to Yolande Cornelia Sr. and Jones “Gus” Giovanni on June 7, 1943. Soon after her birth, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where her parents worked at Glenview School.…