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Nikki GiovanniYolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (born June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an African-American poet and author. In 1960, Giovanni began her studies at Fisk University in Nashville. She received a baccalaureate of arts degree in 1967. The civil rights and black power movements informed her early poetry, collected in Black Feeling, Black Talk (1968), Black Judgement (1968), and Re: Creation (1970). Giovanni then wrote poems for children throughout the next decade. Those Who Ride the Night Winds (1983) acknowledged notable black figures. Giovanni collected her essays in the 1988 volume Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles. Giovanni, Nikki Giovanni, Nikki Giovanni, Nikki
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