Nikki Giovanni
/Overview
Nikki Giovanni born Knoxville, TN June 7, 1943. Poet, leader of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC; civil rights activist; English professor.
Quotations
"In the name of peace
They waged the wars
Ain't they got no shame?"
("The Great Pax Whitie" 1979; photo poets.org)