Born as Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. In Knoxville, Tennessee
Born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr., on 7 June in Knoxville General Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
She received a diploma from Fisk University with honors in History.
Giovanni first poetry collection, Black Feeling Black sold 2,000 copies in its first year
Gave birth to Thomas Watson Giovanni,her only child
Diagnosed with lung cancer
Giovanni was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.
Giovanni read poetry at the Lincoln Memorial As a part of the bicentennial celebration of Lincoln's birth Giovanni read several of her poems at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Giovanni gave birth to her only child, Thomas Watson Giovanni, on August 31, 1969
