Giovanni read her poems about love, nostalgia and race to audiences around the world, but she never stopped loving Knoxville.

You can stream "Going to Mars: A Nikki Giovanni Project" on HBO Max. A special memorial tribute to Giovanni will be at noon Dec. 19 at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Knoxville, with words of ...

Rev. Renee Kesler, director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, delivers a eulogy for her friend, ...

At the same Knoxville church where Nikki Giovanni sat in the pew as a child, a crowd of civil rights leaders, classmates, sorority sisters and friends gathered for a memorial tribute to the iconic ...

(WATE) — The literary community is mourning the loss of acclaimed Knoxville-born poet Nikki Giovanni, who died Monday at the age of 81. Beck Cultural Exchange Center President Reverend Reneé ...

Unlike many of her Black Arts contemporaries, she honed her voice in poems about the comforts of home and domesticity and the ...

NEW YORK — Nikki Giovanni, the Knoxville native, poet, author, educator and public speaker who borrowed money to release her first book and spent decades as a literary celebrity by sharing her ...

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

(Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for FLC ) Knoxville, Tennessee native Nikki Giovanni, poet, civil rights legend, and educator who empowered generations with her fearless words and unwavering ...

Nikki Giovanni, a Knoxville-born poet who sharpened her voice as a revolutionary in the Black Arts Movement and later published bestselling collections reflecting on loss, love and motherhood ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Nikki Giovanni, a renowned Knoxville-born writer, educator and activist, has died at the age of 81, the Associated Press reported. NPR called Giovanni an icon of the Black ...