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Nikki Giovanni - By: Jessica Vining

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  • I (Nikki Giovanni) was born!

    I (Nikki Giovanni) was born!
    Knoxville General Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee

  • First school I was accepted into

    First school I was accepted into
    Kindergarten :)

  • Snuck away from parents to live in Knoxville with grandma.

    Snuck away from parents to live in Knoxville with grandma.

  • With encouragement- I enroll to Fisk University.

    With encouragement- I enroll to Fisk University.
    College! Lot's of conservatism, though. :(

  • Got expelled from Fisk University... I bent rules because I didn't like the racial ideas of the Dean of Women

    Got expelled from Fisk University... I bent rules because I didn't like the racial ideas of the Dean of Women

  • I begin to take courses at the University of Cinncinati and volunteer to help kids- on top of a job at Walgreens.

  • My first volume of poetry was published.

    My first volume of poetry was published.
    'Black Feeling Black Talk'

  • Published last book. Bicycles: Love Poems