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This Is What Activism Does To Your Body

By Jolie A. Doggett — 2019

“Even with these health consequences, we can see the benefits of taking a stand because people are fighting for what they believe in and protecting people’s lives,” Sumner said. “I don’t think the answer is to stop altogether. It speaks to how critical it is to engage in self-care.

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Black Feeling Black Talk/Black Judgement

Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement is one of the single most important volumes of modern African-American poetry.

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Toni Morrison: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

In this wide-ranging collection of thought-provoking interviews—including her first and last—Toni Morrison (whom President Barrack Obama called a “national treasure”) details not only her writing life, but also her other careers as a teacher, and as a publisher, as well as the gripping story of...

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Nikki Giovanni Interviews Muhammad Ali

A real educational and heart felt talk between two deep thinkers.

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Nikki Giovanni Love, Work, Society

Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned American poet, writer, activist, and educator, appeared at the Governors State University Center for Performing Arts on November 7, 2012. She will speak on The Courage for Equality: Nikki Giovanni Love, Work, Society.

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Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet

A young poet, attuned to the social problems of contemporary America, reveals her thoughts on the black experience.

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On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals

Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals.

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Racism 101

A collection of insights, opinions, and expressions includes a survival guide for black students on predominantly white campuses, indicts higher education, and offers haunting portraits of grandparents, musings on poetry, thoughts on the sixties, and a debate on American values.

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Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose

In Make Me Rain, Nikki Giovanni celebrates her loved ones and unapologetically declares her pride in her Black heritage, while exploring the enduring impact of the twin sins of racism and white nationalism.

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Activism/Service