Nikki Giovanni -The Struggle of an Africa-American Woman

Nikki Giovanni through her work has become one of the most celebrated and controversial poets in the nation. In her three decade career she has published thirteen books of poetry. Giovanni’s involvement to the Civil Rights Movement influenced her first three poem books. Throughout her career she has obtained many awards and titles for her poetry as well as for her demeanor.

Giovanni was born under the name of Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. on June 7, 1943, in Knoxville Tennessee. Soon after she was born her family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio were she lived all her childhood. In 1957, she made the decision to move back to Knoxville, with her grandparents. There she attended Austin High School. She graduated early and enrolled at Fisk University, in Nashville, as and early entrant. In 1961, her grandfather Brown Watson died and caused her to be dismissed form Fisk and return to Cincinnati. In 1964, Giovanni reenters Fisk; were in three years she graduates. That same year in Cincinnati she organized the first Black Arts Festival. This festival was meant to create awareness of arts in the Black Community. The festival was held in The New Theater.

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