Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Yolande_Cornelia_Giovanni_Jr.
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Fisk_University
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Nikki_Giovanni
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkb:Langston_Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Rosa_Parks_Woman_of_Courage_Award
National Book Award finalist
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1943-06-07
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Virginia_Tech
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:genre gptkb:children's_literature
gptkb:poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks
gptkb:Paul_Laurence_Dunbar
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Black_Arts_Movement
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Ego-Tripping_and_Other_Poems_for_Young_People
gptkb:Black_Feeling,_Black_Talk
gptkb:Gemini:_An_Extended_Autobiographical_Statement_on_My_First_Twenty-Five_Years_of_Being_a_Black_Poet
gptkb:Love_Poems
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activist
gptkb:poet
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:parent Thomas Watson Giovanni
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Knoxville,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:positionHeld University Distinguished Professor
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Blacksburg,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:subjectOf documentary film 'Nikki Giovanni: Spirit to Spirit'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nikki_Giovanni
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5