![]() ![]() Along with Re: Creation which came out in 1970, Nikki Giovanni quickly made a mark as one of the leading voices for black America. Her early work was obviously militant and presented radical ideas, calling for black solidarity and a unified vision. Black Feeling, Black Talk came out in 1967 and a year later was followed by Black Judgement. Her poetry marked her as a significant contributor to the civil rights movement. She graduated in 1968 and much of her earlier poetry came out of the turmoil of the time with the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. She was also greatly influenced in her early years by the stories from her grandmother, introducing her a rich African-American heritage and instilling in the young Giovanni a love of words.Įncouraged in her writing, she went to Frisk University to study history where she edited the campus magazine and began to get involved in activism. ![]() ![]() Born in Tennessee in 1943, Nikki Giovanni has been one of the most influential voices in American literature in the last 60 years, a poet and activist who was influenced by the Civil Rights movement of the 50s and 60s. ![]()
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