‘The Princess of Black Poetry” Nikki Giovanni has died ... Song,” followed by “Rosa,” which told the story of Rosa Parks and was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal.

Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during ... friendly with other cultural iconoclasts, including Rosa Parks, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone and Muhammad Ali.

NEW YORK (AP) - Nikki Giovanni ... when other guests of honor included Rosa Parks and Toni Morrison. Giovanni was a National Book Award finalist in 1973 for a prose work about her life ...

The Nikki Giovanni Project.” As a prominent figure of the Black Arts and Civil Rights movements, she became friends with Rosa ...