Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni (b 1943), Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr., is a US writer. She is considered a leading voice in African American literature.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Death is a slave's freedom.

- speech at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Life/personality must be taken as a total entity. All of your life is all of your life, and no one incident stands alone.

- Gemini

• A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked. ... We as black people, we as people, we as the human species have got to get used to the fact we're not going to be right most of the time, not even when our intentions are good. We've got to go naked and see what happens.

Billie Jean King