Nikki Giovanni By 20gracyn.pittman Jun 7, 1943 Nikki is born Period: Jun 7, 1943 to Apr 4, 2016 Nikki Giovanni Apr 4, 1947 Nikki and her family move briefly to Woodlawn Apr 4, 1948 Family moves to a house on Burns Avenue in nearby Wyoming, another suburb of Cincinnati Sep 29, 1949 Nikki starts 1st grade Sep 29, 1952 Nikki enters 4th grade at St. Simon School Apr 5, 1960 Nikki goes to Tenneesee to enroll in Fisk University Sep 29, 1969 Nikki Giovanni teaches at Queens Collage Apr 5, 1970 Edits and privatly publishes Night Comes Softly Apr 5, 1989 Accepts a full time teaching position at Virginia Tech Jan 15, 1995 Diagnosed with lung cancer Feb 1, 2006 Edna Lewis died, A personal friend of Nikki Nov 1, 2006 Nikki's Aunt Anna Ford dies Apr 5, 2012 Teaches in Virginia Tech's Global Scholars Program for two weeks in Switzerland Apr 5, 2014 Death of Giovanni’s oldest friend, Sister Althea Augustine Apr 5, 2014 Teaches in Switzerland Apr 5, 2014 Travels to Ghana
