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Glossary: Author Biographies
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Giovanni, Nikki | ||
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Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr.. was born in
Knoxville, Tennessee. Called Nikki from an early age, she is
considered a leader in the black poetry movement. After graduating
from Fisk University with a history degree, Giovanni went on to
attend the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work and the
Columbia University School of Fine Arts. Believing that change is
necessary for growth, Nikki’s poetry is renowned for its urgent
call for black people to embrace their own identity and to fully
understand white-controlled culture. Her poetry collection,
Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black
]udgment, captures the militant attitude of the civil rights
and black arts movements of that time. Her work has been honored
with an NAACP Image Award as well as the Langston Hughes Medal
for Outstanding Poetry Giovanni prides herself on being "a Black
American, a daughter, a mother, and a professor of English." |
Greenberg, Paul | ||
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Paul Greenberg is a nationally syndicated
conservative columnist for the Arkansas Democratic Gazette in Little
Rock, Arkansas. His editorials have won the Pulitzer Prize, the
Walker Stone Award,
and the H, L. Mencken Award. |