| LC control no. | n 80014902 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3557.I55 |
| Personal name heading | Giovanni, Nikki |
| Biography/History note | Nikki Giovanni is an African American poet. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1943-07-07 |
| Place of birth | Knoxville (Tenn.) |
| Affiliation | Fisk University Virginia Polytechnic Institute Wilberforce University |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Authors College teachers |
| Found in | Black feeling, Black talk, 1970. The prosaic soul of Nikki Giovanni, 2003: CIP title page (Nikki Giovanni) data sht. (b. June 7, 1943) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1943) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Giovanni, Nikki; Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.; poet, lecturer, educator; born 07 June 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States; her sister began calling her "BNikki"; graduated from Fisk University (1967); honorary doctorate from Wilberforce University; consultant and regular contributor to the black news magazine Encore; faculty member and later University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg) Fowler, Virginia C. (editor). Conversations with Nikki Giovanni, 1992: page 4 (My role as a black woman is to be free... by any means.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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