Nikki Giovanni BLACK JUDGEMENT Black Americana Negro Poetry Civil Rights 1st OOP
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BLACK JUDGEMENTBYNIKKI GIOVANNI
1ST EDITIONSEVENTH PRINTING 1972OOP
"SOMETIMES WE FIND WE HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE BUT LOVEWHICH IS A POEMWHICH I GIVEFOR THE BLACK REVOLUTION" ( NG....NIKKI GIOVANNI 1968 )
HIGHLY AWARDED NEGRO ACTIVIST NIKKI GIOVANNI PRESENTS THIS COLLECTION OF NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN N...EGRO POETRY TO ADVANCE THE VOICE OF BLACK AMERICANS IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND RACIAL EQUALITY. HIGHLY AWARDED, THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF HER LIFE AND WORKS:
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Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature. She has won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal and the NAACP IMAGE AWARD. She has been nominated for a GRAMMY AWARD for her poetry album, The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. Additionally, she has been named as one of Oprah Winfrey's 25 "Living Legends". Giovanni gained initial fame in the late 1960s as one of the foremost authors of the BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT Influenced by the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT and BLACK POWER MOVEMENT of the period, her early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the "Poet of the Black Revolution".During the 1970s, she began writing children's literature, and co-founded a publishing company, NikTom Ltd, to provide an outlet for other African American women writers. Over subsequent decades, her works discussed social issues, human relationships, and hip hop. Poems such as "Knoxville, Tennessee" and "Nikki-Rosa" have been frequently re-published in anthologies and other collections. Giovanni has taught at QUEENS COLLEGE, RUTGERS, and OHIO STATE, and is currently a University Distinguished Professor at VIRGINIA TECH. Following the VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING in 2007, she delivered a chant-poem at a memorial for the shooting victims.
EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTIBLE VOLUME FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST BLACK VOICES**** NIKKI GIOVANNI ***
1ST EDITION, SEVENTH PRINTING DATED 1972VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN NEAT PAGES, 69 PAGES IN ILLUSTRATED WRAPS AS ISSUED
COLLECTIBLE
ONLY THIS ONE AVAILABLE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS FOR MORE FINE WORKS BY NIKKI GIOVANNI AND OTHER AWARDED BLACK AMERICANA AUTHORS
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1ST EDITIONSEVENTH PRINTING 1972OOP
"SOMETIMES WE FIND WE HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE BUT LOVEWHICH IS A POEMWHICH I GIVEFOR THE BLACK REVOLUTION" ( NG....NIKKI GIOVANNI 1968 )
HIGHLY AWARDED NEGRO ACTIVIST NIKKI GIOVANNI PRESENTS THIS COLLECTION OF NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN N...EGRO POETRY TO ADVANCE THE VOICE OF BLACK AMERICANS IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND RACIAL EQUALITY. HIGHLY AWARDED, THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF HER LIFE AND WORKS:
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Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature. She has won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal and the NAACP IMAGE AWARD. She has been nominated for a GRAMMY AWARD for her poetry album, The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. Additionally, she has been named as one of Oprah Winfrey's 25 "Living Legends". Giovanni gained initial fame in the late 1960s as one of the foremost authors of the BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT Influenced by the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT and BLACK POWER MOVEMENT of the period, her early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the "Poet of the Black Revolution".During the 1970s, she began writing children's literature, and co-founded a publishing company, NikTom Ltd, to provide an outlet for other African American women writers. Over subsequent decades, her works discussed social issues, human relationships, and hip hop. Poems such as "Knoxville, Tennessee" and "Nikki-Rosa" have been frequently re-published in anthologies and other collections. Giovanni has taught at QUEENS COLLEGE, RUTGERS, and OHIO STATE, and is currently a University Distinguished Professor at VIRGINIA TECH. Following the VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING in 2007, she delivered a chant-poem at a memorial for the shooting victims.
EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTIBLE VOLUME FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST BLACK VOICES**** NIKKI GIOVANNI ***
1ST EDITION, SEVENTH PRINTING DATED 1972VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN NEAT PAGES, 69 PAGES IN ILLUSTRATED WRAPS AS ISSUED
COLLECTIBLE
ONLY THIS ONE AVAILABLE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS FOR MORE FINE WORKS BY NIKKI GIOVANNI AND OTHER AWARDED BLACK AMERICANA AUTHORS
BUY NOW OR MAKE AN OFFER
