Monday, June 15, 2020

Black Americans and Style



Yolande Cornelia "NikkiGiovanni Jr. (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African-American poets,her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature. She has won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal and the NAACP Image Award. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award for her poetry album, The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. Additionally, she has been named as one of Oprah Winfrey's 25 "Living Legends".

Giovanni gained initial fame in the late 1960s as one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement. Influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement of the period, her early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the "Poet of the Black Revolution". During the 1970s, she began writing children's literature, and co-founded a publishing company, NikTom Ltd, to provide an outlet for other African-American women writers. Over subsequent decades, her works discussed social issues, human relationships, and hip hop. Poems such as "Knoxville, Tennessee" and "Nikki-Rosa" have been frequently re-published in anthologies and other collections.[3]

Giovanni has taught at Queens CollegeRutgers, and Ohio State, and is currently a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech. Following the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, she delivered a chant-poem at a memorial for the shooting victims.



Weak President (Meidas Touch)


Saturday, June 06, 2020

Suitable for SNL


Twitter post on location:  Replying to 
@TrinityFranci14
This occurred on the corner of Main St. and St. George Blv St. George UT and wearing green military underwear (tea Shirt)  and the drill sergeant demeanor, with an Army recruiting center at 435 N 1680 E #7, St. George, less than 1.8 miles away. That is the best I can do.

The SCOTUS Women

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