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Nikki giovanni was born
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Nikki moves away from her birth place and goes to live in Ohio
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Finishes grade school
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Enters Lockland high school
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Moves back home with her grandparents
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Enrolls in Fisk Unitversity
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Publishes her first volume of poetry
With money she had to borrow -
publishes "Night Comes softly"
One of the earliest anthologies by a black women -
was diagnosed with lung cancer
Had to have a special surgery to cure it -
Receves NAACP image award for blues
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was nominated for the grammy award best spoken
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Teaches at Virginia Techs Global scholars