Chicago Defender, September 14th, 2007
Nikki Giovanni is more than an activist. She is an indispensable connoisseur of history, candidly still seeking justice and equality through truth and is the embodiment of a profoundly creative poet in American culture. She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio.
"I was a happy child, die baby in a family of four. People want to judge you by what they had or didn't have but we as a family had no more or less difficulties man anyone else," Giovanni said.
She wrote her poem Niki-Rosa as a gift to her parents for their anniversary to show her appreciation and gratitude...
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