Photograph of Nikki Giovanni
date: label: Date
content: 1950-2014
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Furious Flower Poetry Center, American, founded 1999
label: Subject of
content: Nikki Giovanni, American, 1943 - 2024
notes: label: Description
content: This black and white photograph depicts Nikki Giovanni. Shown from the waist up, she is seated and leans sideways on her right elbow. She holds a stack of her volumes of poetry in her right hand and leans her right cheek on the volumes. Wearing a dark sweater over a collared shirt, she gazes directly at the viewer.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, JMU
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.254.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25 × 20 cm)