- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 32 min.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Poet Nikki Giovanni was born on June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Receiving her B.A. degree in 1967 from Fisk University in Nashville, Giovanni was involved in the black arts movement, and organized the Black Arts Festival in Cincinnati. In 1970, Giovanni founded her own publishing company, Niktom Limited. She published volumes of poetry and other books, including Racism 101 and Blues: For All the Changes. In 1987, she joined the faculty of the English department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute where she taught writing, poetry, and literature. Giovanni received numerous honorary degrees, including the NAACP Image Award for Literature in 1998 and 2000, and the Langston Hughes Award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts and Letters in 1996. She was named Woman of the Year by Mademoiselle, Essence, and Ladies Home Journal. In 2015 Giovanni was named one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her contributions to poetry, education, and society.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Nikki Giovanni
- Nikki Giovanni
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 997165115
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Nikki Giovanni.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
023200
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 January 31.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Poet.
- Added Author
Giovanni, Nikki, interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.