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Nikki Giovanni, born Yolade Cornelia Giovanni Jr, was born on June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was raised in the area around Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended an HBCU, Fisk University, where she became involved in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and the Writers¹ Workshop. Giovanni was instrumental in the Black Arts Movement because her poetry spoke to a lot of people. Her poetry was radicalized by the Bl
Her poetry became the artwork of a revolution against her own will. Giovanni wrote many poems, including Black Feeling, Black Talk(1968), Black Judgment(68), Re: Creation(70), Gemini(71), Spin a Soft Black Song(71), Ego-Tripping(73), Vacation Time(80), Those Who Ride The Night Winds(83), and Sacred Cows. Because of their adverse experiences, minorities tend to hold love and companionship at a higher value than the those who belong to the wealthy majority. Not only did her poetry show the Black struggle in America but she also wrote children's¹ poems and later on in her life wrote heroic, fictional poetry. Giovanni¹s poetry reflects her own childhood experiences of being poor, Black, and having one parent at home.
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