https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j en-us 2018-01-16 13:39:45 UTC 2018-01-16 14:39:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221704574 Nikki Giovanni (Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. was her birth name) is also a Civil Rights Activist. She wrote her first poem at a young age. She is also a teacher. She was born June 7, 1943.]]> 2018-01-16 14:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221704574 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221705132 She was born June 7,1943

]]> 2018-01-16 14:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221705132 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221705843 She also made songs ]]> 2018-01-16 14:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221705843 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221706033 She was born June 7 1943 in Knoxville Tennessee ]]> 2018-01-16 14:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221706033 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221706280  her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings]]> 2018-01-16 14:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221706280 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221706657 She was born in Tennessee ]]> 2018-01-16 14:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221706657 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221706747 Nikki Giovanni is American poets who reached prominence during the late 1960s and early 1970s]]> 2018-01-16 14:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221706747 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707000 She has a son named Thomas ]]> 2018-01-16 14:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707000 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707009 Her real name is Yolande cornelia]]> 2018-01-16 14:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707009 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707071 2018-01-16 14:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707071 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707131 She’s from Africa ]]> 2018-01-16 14:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707131 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707173 She is 74yrs old ]]> 2018-01-16 14:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707173 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707415 Nikki Giovanni began to be known in the late 1960s as one of the strongest voices of the newly emerging Black Arts movement.

]]> 2018-01-16 14:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707415 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707642 In 1969 Giovanni took a teaching position at Rutgers University. ]]> 2018-01-16 14:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707642 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707698 She won poetry awards like the American book award]]> 2018-01-16 14:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707698 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707749 Her informal style makes her work accessible to both adults and children]]> 2018-01-16 14:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221707749 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221708310 Nikki Giovanni was also a educator]]> 2018-01-16 14:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221708310 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221708387 Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Giovanni’s popularity as a speaker and lecturer increased along with her success as a poet and children’s author]]> 2018-01-16 14:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221708387 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709014 She was a educator ]]> 2018-01-16 14:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709014 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709503 She was entitled to the ]]> 2018-01-16 14:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709503 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709569 As soon as she graduated high school her grandmother died ]]> 2018-01-16 14:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709569 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709682 She was entitled to the black arts movement ]]> 2018-01-16 14:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709682 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709788 Nikki graduated with honors in history from her grandfather's alma mater, Fisk University. Since 1987,]]> 2018-01-16 14:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221709788 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221710774 She has a son and his name is Thomas watson]]> 2018-01-16 14:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221710774 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221711819 Nikki Giovanni began to be known in the late 1960s as one of the strongest voices of the newly emerging Black Arts movement.]]> 2018-01-16 14:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221711819 https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221711965 2018-01-16 14:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ayeesha_jerome/toxv1et8qu9j/wish/221711965