Nikki Giovanni (Photo Credit: Deborah Feingold) As a young girl growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee, Nikki Giovanni would sit on her grandmother’s porch, listening to stories of resilience and strength that would one day fuel her poetry and activism. Decades later, Giovanni’s own words fiery, unapologetic, and deeply human echoed across the world, becoming a … Continued

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