NIKKI GIOVANNI By: Maria Isabel Uribe. PERSONAL LIFE Born June 7, 1943 Knoxville, Tennessee Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr.

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NIKKI GIOVANNI By: Maria Isabel Uribe

PERSONAL LIFE Born June 7, 1943 Knoxville, Tennessee Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. Two Older Sisters Cincinnati, Ohio Attended Fisk University – Nashville Tennessee

DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL… Graduated with Honors Bachelor of Arts in History Class of 1967 Attended Graduate School University of Pennsylvania Columbia University Was a professor at Living College of Rutgers University – 1969 Created the First Black Art Festival – In Cincinnati In 1987 – Became a professor at Virginia Tech

INFLUENCES Son – Thomas Watson Giovanni Single Mother Civil Rights Movement Black Power Movement Overall African American History

HER POEMS & OTHER WORK First poems included famous leaders Writing style– Militant African American Was considered a new voice for Blacks Many of them addressed issues such as: Civil rights, Black Power Categorized as – Political, spiritual, and social poems

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS Nominated for Grammy Award Langston Hughes Medal 7 NACCCP Image Awards Women of the Year Recognized by several famous people Rosa L. Parks Women of Courage Award Many Keys to the City

FINAL THOUGHTS?

REFERENCES Giovanni, Nikki (2015) Nikki giovanni. Retrieved from Poetry Foundation (2000) Nikki giovanni. Retrieved from Biography.com Editors (2015) Nikki giovanni biography Retrieved from