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American Black Journal
Renowned Poet Nikki Giovanni, Rosie White’s Black history impersonations
Season 52
Episode 27
Renowned poet Nikki Giovanni talks with contributor Cecelia Sharpe at the Charles H. Wright Museum about her life, career, literary works and her future plans. Plus, we meet an eight-year-old Detroit girl who has gone viral on social media for her impersonations of Black icons and historical figures from the past and present.
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