… with Nikki Giovanni, a leading voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ‘70s. Her fiery and radically conscious poetry has challenged social, political, and cultural constructs for years. From children’s books to volumes of poetry and spoken word recordings, her poetry and prose have expanded thought and imagination with language that unapologetically puts a mirror to America and analyzes humanity in a layered and colorful way, winning her the title, …