Nikki Giovanni

By 20gracyn.pittman

  • Nikki is born

    Nikki is born
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    Nikki Giovanni

  • Nikki and her family move briefly to Woodlawn

    Nikki and her family move briefly to Woodlawn

  • Family moves to a house on Burns Avenue in nearby Wyoming, another suburb of Cincinnati

  • Nikki starts 1st grade

    Nikki starts 1st grade

  • Nikki enters 4th grade at St. Simon School

  • Nikki goes to Tenneesee to enroll in Fisk University

    Nikki goes to Tenneesee to enroll in Fisk University

  • Nikki Giovanni teaches at Queens Collage

    Nikki Giovanni teaches at Queens Collage

  • Edits and privatly publishes Night Comes Softly

  • Accepts a full time teaching position at Virginia Tech

    Accepts a full time teaching position at Virginia Tech

  • Diagnosed with lung cancer

    Diagnosed with lung cancer

  • Edna Lewis died, A personal friend of Nikki

    Edna Lewis died, A personal friend of Nikki

  • Nikki's Aunt Anna Ford dies

    Nikki's Aunt Anna Ford dies

  • Teaches in Virginia Tech's Global Scholars Program for two weeks in Switzerland

  • Death of Giovanni’s oldest friend, Sister Althea Augustine

  • Teaches in Switzerland

  • Travels to Ghana