#RipNikkiGiovanni
I can't believe Nikki Giovanni has joined the ancestors. What a life she led! It was truly her own. 💜 #RIPNikkiGiovanni
December 10, 2024 at 3:30 AM
I’ve carried her quotation in my wallet for 40+ years.
#RIPNikkiGiovanni
December 11, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Also, if you've yet to see it (or if you'd like to rewatch it as a way of honoring her), the excellent 2023 #documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is streaming on Max. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_t... #movies #BlackWomen #RIPNikkiGiovanni
December 10, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Poet Nikki Giovanni and her son Thomas pedaling around Upper Manhattan, 1972

📷Jill Krementz

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December 10, 2024 at 1:51 PM
December 10, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Poet, Black Arts Movement icon and educator Nikki Giovanni has died at age 81. Her works covered themes such as human relationships, social issues and later hip hop culture. #RIPNikkiGiovanni
December 10, 2024 at 4:14 AM
“We are sad today and we will be sad for quite awhile. We are not moving on; we are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech. We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly; We are brave enough to bend to cry. And sad enough to know we must laugh again. We are Virginia Tech.”

#RIPNikkiGiovanni
WE are VIRGINIA TECH - Nikki Giovanni speech 4/16
YouTube video by EP
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December 10, 2024 at 3:54 AM
At the age of 81, Nikki Giovanni has become an ancestor… www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYmA7AEn/
#nikkigiovanni #ripnikkigiovanni #breakingnews #blackpoet
TikTok video by The Zactivist
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December 10, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Very sad news tonight: #ripnikkigiovanni, one of this country's most prolific and powerful black woman poets. We will desperately miss her distinctive and poignant voice.
December 10, 2024 at 4:53 AM
December 10, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Seems like we just keep losing icons whose impact on our world is undeniable. Whose name conjurs up memories of a time, place or emotion.

In all her words and every picture, her aura never faded

#RIPNikkiGiovanni and job well done
December 11, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky📚💫
#BookChallenge
#Blackbooksky
#RIPNikkiGiovanni

7/20
December 11, 2024 at 3:40 AM
December 10, 2024 at 3:45 AM
One of the first books of #poetry I read in childhood was Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day: Poems by Nikki Giovanni, checked out from the public library. I'm sure it was the pink cover and "cotton candy" in the title that attracted me. It was my introduction to Giovanni and her work. #RIPNikkiGiovanni
December 10, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Each I come to NYC, I have this song in the back of my head. #ripNikkiGiovanni
youtu.be/i-OZLkhxArE?...
Just A NY Poem
YouTube video by Nikki Giovanni - Topic
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December 10, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Seems like we just keep losing icons whose impact on our world is undeniable. Whose name conjurs up memories of a time, place or emotion.

In all her words and every picture, her aura never faded

#RIPNikkiGiovanni and job well done
December 11, 2024 at 3:29 AM
had the pleasure of being in Nikki Giovanni’s presence one night and she left the room with some great advice for writers. RIP LEGEND! ❤️✍🏾 #RIPNikkiGiovanni
December 10, 2024 at 2:53 PM
We are losing an entire generation of Black folks in the Arts and Academia. May she rest in eternal peace and power. #RIPnikkigiovanni

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...
Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 (Gift Article)
Ms. Giovanni tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was a celebrity poet and public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:02 AM
This one hurts. I met her at a book signing in Harlem. That was my first book of poetry. Thank you for the light you gave #ripnikkigiovanni
December 10, 2024 at 8:05 AM
"I'm not lonely
sleeping all alone
you think i'm scared
but i'm a big girl
i don't cry or anything...
and no matter what you think
I'm not lonely
sleeping all alone..."
—Nikki Giovanni 🖤🙏🏿
#NikkiGiovanni #RIPNikkiGiovanni
December 10, 2024 at 5:26 AM